Editing 912

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[[File:Alexandros mosaic Hagia Sophia.JPG|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Alexander (Byzantine emperor)|Alexander III]] (870–913)]]
Year '''912''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].
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== Events ==
=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[May 11]] &ndash; Emperor [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]] ('''the Wise''') dies after a 26-year reign, in which he has completed the Byzantine code of laws (''[[Basilika]]''). He is succeeded by his brother [[Alexander (Byzantine emperor)|Alexander III]] as emperor (''[[basileus]]'') alongside Leo's 6-year-old son [[Constantine VII]]. Alexander becomes ''[[de facto]]'' ruler of the [[Byzantine Empire]] and expels Empress [[Zoe Karbonopsina]], the mother of Constantine, from the palace and [[exile]]s her to a nunnery.<ref>Ostrogorsky (1969), p. 261.</ref>

==== Europe ====
[[File:Europe_912_en.jpg|thumb|Europe in 912 AD, around the start of the {{lang|la|[[saeculum obscurum]]}}]]
* German dukes [[Henry the Fowler]] of [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] and [[Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria|Arnulf I]] ('''the Bad''') of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] claim themselves to be sovereign princes, not recognizing the authority of their overlord, King [[Conrad I of Germany|Conrad I]] of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]], as he is not a [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingian]]. Duke [[Erchanger, Duke of Swabia|Erchanger II]] of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] and Conrad's brother, Duke [[Eberhard of Franconia|Eberhard III]] of [[Duchy of Franconia|Franconia]], support the [[Conradines]].
* [[Orso II Participazio]] becomes the [[doge of Venice]]. He sends his son [[Pietro II Candiano|Pietro]] to [[Constantinople]] in order to re-establish the relationship with Alexander III.
* King [[Ordoño II of Galicia]] continues his expansion of the [[Christianity|Christian]] polity. He sacks the cities of [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]] and [[Évora]].<ref name=picard2000>{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique|year=2000|publisher=Maisonneuve & Larose|location=Paris|isbn=2-7068-1398-9|page=109}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* Lady [[Æthelflæd]] expands her policy by building defensive ''[[Burh|burghs]]'' at [[Shrewsbury]] and [[Bridgnorth]]. The fortifications are needed to protect [[Mercia]] against plundering [[Vikings]] from the [[Danelaw]] (Danish territory in [[Kingdom of England|England]]).<ref name="yorke123">Yorke. ''Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England'', p. 123.</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Abd ar-Rahman III|Abd al-Rahman III]] succeeds his grandfather [[Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi|Abdullah ibn Muhammad]] (after his execution) and becomes [[emir]] of [[Caliphate of Córdoba|Córdoba]] ([[Al-Andalus]]).<ref name=rucquoi1993-87>{{cite book|last=Rucquoi|first=Adeline|title=Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique|year=1993|publisher=Seuil|location=Paris|isbn=2-02-012935-3|page=87}}</ref>
* The second rebellion in two years, of the [[Kutama]] tribesmen against the [[Fatimid Caliphate]], occurs.<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 39.</ref>

==== China ====
* [[July 18]] &ndash; Emperor [[Zhu Wen|Taizu]] ('''Zhu Wen''') is murdered in the imperial palace at [[Kaifeng]] by his eldest living son [[Zhu Yougui]] after a 5-year reign. He succeeds his father as the ruler of [[Later Liang (Five Dynasties)|Later Liang]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Euthymius I of Constantinople|Euthymius I]] is deposed as [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]], and [[Nicholas Mystikos]] is restored.

== Births ==
* [[November 23]] &ndash; [[Otto the Great|Otto I]], emperor of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] (d. [[973]])
* [[Alberic II of Spoleto|Alberic II]], [[princeps]] and duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]] (d. [[954]])
* [[Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine|Frederick I]], duke of [[Lotharingia|Upper Lorraine]] (approximate date)
* [[Hyejong of Goryeo|Hyejong]], king of [[Goryeo]] ([[Korea]]) (d. [[945]])
* [[Ma Xichong]], governor and ruler of [[Chu (Ten Kingdoms)|Chu]] (d. [[951]])
* [[Minamoto no Mitsunaka]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] and [[samurai]] (d. [[997]])
* [[Nakatsukasa]], Japanese [[Waka (poetry)|waka]] poet (d. [[991]])
* [[Nikephoros II Phokas|Nikephoros II]], emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]] (d. [[969]])
* [[Pelagius of Córdoba]], Christian [[martyr]] (d. [[926]])
* [[Ryōgen]], Japanese monk and [[abbot]] (d. [[985]])
* [[Willa of Tuscany]], queen consort of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] (or [[AD 911|911]])
* [[Xue Juzheng]], Chinese [[scholar-official]] and historian (d. [[981]])

== Deaths ==
* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]], emperor of the Byzantine Empire (b. [[866]])
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Xue Yiju]], chancellor of [[Later Liang (Five Dynasties)|Later Liang]] 
* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Zhu Wen]], emperor of Later Liang (b. [[852]])
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Han Jian (Zhenguo warlord)|Han Jian]], Chinese [[warlord]] (b. [[855]])
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi|Abdullah ibn Muhammad]], Muslim [[emir]] (b. [[844]])
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Rudolph I of Burgundy|Rudolph I]], king of [[Upper Burgundy|Burgundy]] (b. [[859]])
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[Otto I, Duke of Saxony|Otto I]], duke of [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] 
* [[Ahmad ibn Yusuf]], Muslim [[mathematician]] (b. [[835]])
* [[Guanxiu]], Chinese [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk and [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (b. [[832]])
* [[Hermenegildo Gutiérrez]], Galician nobleman
* [[Hyogong of Silla|Hyogong]], king of [[Silla]] (Korea) (b. [[885]])
* [[Ibn Khordadbeh]], Persian [[geographer]]
* [[Notker the Stammerer]], Benedictine [[monk]]
* [[Oleg of Novgorod]], Varangian prince
* [[Pietro Tribuno]], doge of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]] (approximate date)
* [[Qusta ibn Luqa]], Syrian [[Melkite]] physician (b. [[820]])
* [[Rudalt, Count of Vannes|Rudalt]], Breton nobleman (approximate date)
* [[Smbat I of Armenia|Smbat I]], king of [[Bagratid Armenia|Armenia]] (approximate date)
* [[Wilferth]], bishop of [[Diocese of Lichfield|Lichfield]] (approximate date)
* [[Zhang Ce]], chancellor of Later Liang 
* [[Zhu Youwen]], prince of Later Liang

== References ==
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