Editing 949 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Arab-Byzantine wars#Byzantine resurgence, 863-11th century|Arab-Byzantine War]]: [[Hamdanid dynasty|Hamdanid]] forces under [[Sayf al-Dawla]] raid into the [[Theme (Byzantine district)|theme]] of [[Lykandos]], but are defeated. The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] counter-attack and seize [[Kahramanmaraş|Germanikeia]], defeating an army from [[Tarsus (city)|Tarsus]], and raiding as far south as [[Antioch]]. General (''[[Strategos#Byzantine use|strategos]]'') [[Theophilos Kourkouas]] captures [[Theodosiopolis (Armenia)|Theodosiopolis]] (modern-day [[Erzurum]]) after a 7-month [[siege]].<ref name="Treadgold949">{{citation | title = A History of the Byzantine State and Society | last = Treadgold | first = Warren T. | year = 1997 | publisher = Stanford University Press | location = Stanford, CA | isbn = 0-8047-2630-2 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC | page = 489}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* A Byzantine expeditionary force under [[Constantine Gongyles]] attempts to re-conquer the [[Emirate of Crete]] from the [[Saracens]]. The expedition ends in a disastrous failure; the Byzantine camp is destroyed in a surprise attack. Gongyles himself barely escapes on his flagship.<ref name="Treadgold949"/>
*[[Abd al-Rahman III]] the ''[[Caliphate|Caliph]]'' of [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]] declares [[Jihad]], preparing a large army & conquers the city of [[Lugo]] in the extreme North of [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberia]]. This raid shows to be one of the furthest raids Muslims in [[Spain]] ever conducted, done as a show of strength of the [[Caliphate of Córdoba|Muslim State in Al-Andalus.]]
* King [[Miroslav of Croatia|Miroslav]] (or Miroslaus) is killed by ''[[Ban (title)|Ban]]'' [[Pribina, Ban of Croatia|Pribina]] during a civil war started by his younger brother [[Michael Krešimir II of Croatia|Michael Krešimir II]], who succeeds him as ruler of [[Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)|Croatia]].
* Summer &ndash; The [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarians]] defeat a [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]]n army at [[Laa an der Thaya|Laa]] (modern [[Austria]]).<ref>Bóna, István (2000). ''The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries''. Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 27. {{ISBN|963-8312-67-X}}.</ref>

==== Japan ====
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Tadahira]], a politician and chancellor (''[[Sesshō and Kampaku|kampaku]]''), dies at his native [[Kyoto]]. Having governed [[Japan]] as [[regent]] under Emperor [[Emperor Suzaku|Suzaku]] since [[930]]. The [[Fujiwara clan]] will continue to hold the regency until [[1180]], controlling the imperial government.
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