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==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Spring – Empress [[Zoe Karbonopsina]] leads a palace coup at [[Constantinople]] and, with the support of the ''[[Magister officiorum#Byzantine Empire|magistros]]'' [[John Eladas]], overthrows Patriarch [[Nicholas Mystikos]] as [[regent]] over her son, Emperor [[Constantine VII]]. She allows Nicholas to remain as patriarch, repudiates the title granted to [[Simeon I of Bulgaria]] (see [[913]]) and nullifies the marriage plans (with a Bulgarian princess) made for her son by Nicholas.<ref>{{The Early Medieval Balkans|p=148}}</ref>
* Summer – [[Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927|Byzantine–Bulgarian War]]: Simeon I, with the [[Medieval Bulgarian army|Bulgarian army]], invades the themes of [[thrace (theme)|Thrace]] and [[Macedonia (theme)|Macedonia]]. Simultaneously, the Bulgarian troops penetrate into the regions of [[Durrës|Dyrrhachium]] and [[Thessaloniki|Thessalonica]] to the west. Thrace's largest and most important city, [[Edirne|Adrianople]] (modern [[Turkey]]), is besieged and captured. However, the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] promptly regain the city in exchange for a huge ransom.<ref>{{The Early Medieval Balkans|pages=148–149}}</ref>