Editing 913

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[[File:Zoe Karbonopsina.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Empress [[Zoe Karbonopsina|Zoe]] and [[Constantine VII]]]]
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Year '''913''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[June 6]] &ndash; Emperor [[Alexander (Byzantine emperor)|Alexander III]] dies of exhaustion while playing the game ''[[Tzykanisterion|tzykanion]]'' ([[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] name for [[polo]]). He is succeeded by his 8-year-old nephew [[Constantine VII]] '''''[[Porphyrogennetos]]''''' ("[[born in the purple]]"), a son of the late emperor [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]] ('''the Wise'''). The government is administered by a [[regency]] council composed of Constantine's mother, Empress [[Zoe Karbonopsina]], Patriarch [[Nicholas Mystikos]] and his guardian [[John Eladas]].
* August &ndash; [[Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927|Byzantine–Bulgarian War]]: [[Simeon I of Bulgaria|Simeon I]] ('''the Great'''), ruler (''[[knyaz]]'') of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]], launches a campaign at the head of a large Bulgarian army, and reaches [[Constantinople]] unopposed. The Bulgarians besiege the Byzantine capital and construct ditches from the [[Golden Horn]] to the [[Walls of Constantinople#Golden Gate|Golden Gate]] at the [[Sea of Marmara|Marmara Sea]].<ref name="angelov285">{{cite book | ref={{harvid|Angelov et al|1981}}
 | title = История на България. Том II. Първа българска държава | trans-title = History of Bulgaria. Volume II. First Bulgarian State | last1 = Angelov | first1 = Dimitar | first2 = Ivan | last2 = Bozhilov | first3 = Stancho | last3 = Vaklinov | first4 = Vasil | last4 = Gyuzelev | first5 = Kuyu | last5 = Kuev | first6 =  Petar | last6 = Petrov | first7 = Borislav | last7 = Primov | first8 = Vasilka | last8 = Tapkova | first9 = Genoveva | last9 = Tsankova | others = et al. | year = 1981 | language = bg | publisher = [[Bulgarian Academy of Sciences]] Press | location = [[Sofia]] |page=285}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Zlatarski |first = Vasil |author-link = Vasil Zlatarski |title = История на българската държава през средните векове. Том I. История на Първото българско царство. 
 | trans-title =History of the Bulgarian state in the Middle Ages. Volume I. History of the First Bulgarian Empire. |url = http://www.promacedonia.org/vz1b/index.html |edition = 2 |publisher = Наука и изкуство |location = Sofia |year = 1972 |orig-year = 1927 |language = bg |oclc = 67080314 |page=358 }}</ref> After negotiations the [[siege]] is lifted and Simeon is recognised as emperor of the Bulgarians.
* Summer &ndash; [[Constantine Doukas (usurper)|Constantine Doukas]], a Byzantine general (''[[magister militum]]''), tries, unsuccessfully, with the support of several [[Aristocracy|aristocrats]] to usurp the [[throne]] from the young Constantine VII. He is killed in a clash by the soldiers of the ''[[Hetaireia]]'' guard, assembled by John Eladas. His head is cut off and presented to Constantine.<ref>{{Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit |volume=online |page=Konstantinos Duka (#23817)}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Runciman | first=Steven | author-link=Steven Runciman | title=The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium | location=Cambridge, United Kingdom | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=1988 | orig-year=1929 | isbn=0-521-35722-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHVzWN6gqxQC|page=50}}</ref><ref>{{Polemis-The Doukai|page=24}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[Battle of the Inn]]: The [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarians]] invade [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]], [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] and Northern [[Burgundy]]. At their return they face the combined armies of [[Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria|Arnulf]] (duke of Bavaria), [[Erchanger, Duke of Swabia|Erchanger]] and [[Burchard II, Duke of Swabia|Burchard II]] (dukes of Swabia), who defeat them at Aschbach near the [[Inn (river)|Inn River]] (modern [[Germany]]).<ref>Bóna, István (2000). ''The Hungarians and Europa in the 9th-10th centuries.'' Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, pp. 13–14. {{ISBN|963-8312-67-X}}.</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Edward the Elder]] begins with the 'reconquest' of the [[Danelaw]] and occupies [[Essex]]. Death of High-[[Reeve (England)|Reeve]] [[Eadwulf II of Northumbria|Eadwulf II]]. He is succeeded by his son [[Ealdred I of Bamburgh|Ealdred I]], who is almost immediately driven out by King [[Ragnall ua Ímair]] of [[Scandinavian York|Norse York]]. Ealdred flees to the court of King [[Constantine II of Scotland]].

==== Arabian Empire ====
* Caliph [[Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah]] of the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] replaces the unpopular governor Ibn Abi Khinzir with Ali ibn Umar al-Balawi. But the Sicilian lords find this unacceptable and decide to declare independence of [[Emirate of Sicily|Sicily]]. They acknowledge allegiance to the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] caliph [[Al-Muqtadir]] and acclaim an Aghlabid prince, Ahmed ibn Khorob, as [[emir]] of Sicily. The Sicilians re-launch their conquest of Byzantine [[Calabria]], while Ahmed ibn Khorob in Sicily leads a successful assault against the [[North Africa]]n cities of [[Sfax]] and [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].<ref name="espace libyeb">{{cite book|last=Bresc|first=Henri|title=Parte prima. Il regno normanno e il Mediterraneo|chapter=La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age|year=2003|chapter-url=http://www.storiamediterranea.it/public/md1_dir/b1462.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.storiamediterranea.it/public/md1_dir/b1462.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|access-date=17 January 2012}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* Summer &ndash; Pope [[Pope Anastasius III|Anastasius III]] dies at [[Rome]] after a 2-year reign. He is succeeded by [[Pope Lando|Lando]] as the 121st [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
* [[Monastery of San Miguel de Escalada|San Miguel de Escalada]] is built in [[León (province)|León]] (Northern [[Spain]]) by orders of King [[García I of León|García I]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah]], Fatimid [[caliph]] (d. [[953]])
* [[Gerberga of Saxony|Gerberga]], Frankish queen and [[regent]] (approximate date)
* [[Shabbethai Donnolo]], Jewish physician (d. [[982]])
* [[Theobald I, Count of Blois|Theobald I]], Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[975]])
* [[Wu Hanyue]], Chinese noblewoman (d. [[952]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 27]] 
** [[Du Xiao]], chancellor of [[Later Liang (Five Dynasties)|Later Liang]] 
** [[Empress Zhang (Later Liang)|Zhang]], empress of Later Liang
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Hatto I (archbishop of Mainz)|Hatto I]], archbishop of [[Mainz]]
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Alexander (emperor)|Alexander III]], Byzantine emperor (b. [[870]])
* June/July &ndash; [[Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi]], founder of the [[Qarmatian]] state in [[Bahrayn (historical region)|Bahrayn]] (assassinated)<ref>{{EI2 | last1 = Carra de Vaux | first1 = B. | author-link = Bernard Carra de Vaux | last2 = Hodgson | first2 = M. G. S. | author-link2 = M. G. S. Hodgson | title = al-D̲j̲annābī | volume = 2 | page = 452 | doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last=Madelung | first=Wilferd | author-link = Wilferd Madelung | title = ABŪ SAʿĪD JANNĀBĪ | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 4 | year = 1983 | pages = 380–381 | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abu-said-jannabi-hasan-b}}</ref>
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Tang Daoxi]], Chinese general 
* [[Pope Anastasius III|Anastasius III]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]]
* [[Cheng Ji (Wuyue)|Cheng Ji]], Chinese general and [[strategist]]
* [[Constantine Doukas (usurper)|Constantine Doukas]], Byzantine general
* [[Eadwulf II of Northumbria|Eadwulf II]], ruler (high-[[Reeve (England)|reeve]]) of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]
* [[Li Yantu]], ruler of [[Qianzhou (modern Jiangxi)|Qian Prefecture]]
* [[Torpaid mac Taicthech]], Irish poet
* [[Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir|Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah]], Tahirid governor 
* [[Wang Yuanying]], Chinese prince (b. [[892]])
* [[Zhu Yougui]], emperor of Later Liang

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