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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{About year|923}} {{Year nav|923}} {{M1 year in topic}} [[File:Raoul Ier.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Rudolph of France|Rudolph]] ('''Raoul''') (c. 890–936)]] __NOTOC__ Year '''923''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Europe ==== * [[June 15]] – [[Battle of Soissons (923)|Battle of Soissons]]: King [[Robert I of France|Robert I]] is killed; the Frankish army, led by [[Charles the Simple]], is defeated and routed near [[Soissons]]. Charles is captured and imprisoned at [[Péronne, Somme|Péronne]]. The [[Nobility|nobles]] elect Robert's son-in-law [[Rudolph of France|Rudolph]], duke of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]], as king of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]] (until [[936]]).<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III'', p. 379. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref> * [[July 29]] – [[Battle of Fiorenzuola]]: Lombard forces led by King [[Rudolph II of Burgundy|Rudolph II]] and [[Adalbert I of Ivrea|Adalbert I]], margrave of [[March of Ivrea|Ivrea]], defeat the deposed Emperor [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]] at [[Firenzuola]] ([[Tuscany]]). A pact is reached between Rudolph and Berengar, who abdicates the imperial [[throne]] and cedes sovereignty over the rest of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]].<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III'', p. 349. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref> ==== Asia ==== * [[May 13]] – The [[Later Liang (Five Dynasties)|Later Liang]], one of the [[Five Dynasties]] in [[China]], falls to [[Later Tang]] (founded by [[Li Cunxu]]). Li proclaims himself emperor and moves his residence back to the old [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] capital of [[Luoyang]]. * [[August 11]] – The [[Qarmatians]] of [[Bahrayn (historical region)|Bahrayn]] [[Sack of Basra (923)|capture and pillage]] the city of [[Basra]].<ref>{{Das Reich des Mahdi | page =226}}</ref> </onlyinclude> == Births == * [[September 7]] – [[Emperor Suzaku|Suzaku]], emperor of [[Japan]] (d. [[952]]) * [[Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī]], Muslim [[intellectual]] (d. [[1023]]) * [[Ibn Babawayh|Al-Shaykh al-Saduq]], Muslim scholar (approximate date) * [[Eadred]] (or '''Edred'''), king of [[Kingdom of England|England]] (d. [[955]]) * [[Fujiwara no Nakafumi]], Japanese ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'' poet (d. [[992]]) * [[Jeongjong, 3rd Monarch of Goryeo|Jeongjong]], king of [[Goryeo]] ([[Korea]]) (d. [[949]]) * [[Liu Honggao]], Chinese chancellor (d. [[943]]) == Deaths == * [[June 15]] – [[Robert I of France|Robert I]], king of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]] (b. [[860]]) * [[August 2]] – [[Plegmund]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]] (or [[914]]) * [[August 27]] – [[Ageltrude]], queen of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] and [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Empress]] * [[October 8]] – [[Pilgrim I (archbishop of Salzburg)|Pilgrim I]], archbishop of [[Archbishopric of Salzburg|Salzburg]] * [[November 20]] ** [[Jing Xiang (politician)|Jing Xiang]], Chinese [[strategist]] ** [[Li Zhen (Later Liang)|Li Zhen]], official of [[Later Liang (Five Dynasties)|Later Liang]] * [[Abu Bakr al-Khallal]], Muslim scholar and jurist (b. [[848]]) * [[Adarnase IV of Iberia|Adarnase IV]], prince of [[Principality of Iberia|Iberia]]/[[Kartli]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) * [[Badr al-Hammami]] ('''the Elder'''), Abbasid general * [[Gurgen I of Klarjeti|Gurgen I]], prince of [[Principality of Tao-Klarjeti|Tao-Klarjeti]] (Georgia) * [[Harshavarman I]], king of [[Angkor]] ([[Cambodia]]) * [[Ibn Khuzaymah]], Muslim [[hadith]] and scholar (b. [[837]]) * [[Ma Chuo]], general and official of [[Wuyue]] (or [[922]]) * [[Al-Tabari|Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari]], Persian scholar (b. [[839]]) * [[Reccared (bishop of Lugo)|Reccared]], Galician [[clergy]]man (b. [[885]]) * [[Ricwin, Count of Verdun|Ricwin]] (or '''Ricuin'''), Frankish [[Nobility|nobleman]] * [[Walter (Archbishop of Sens)|Walter]] (or '''Vaulter'''), archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens|Sens]] * [[Wang Yanzhang]], general of Later Liang (b. [[863]]) * [[Zhao Yan (Later Liang)|Zhao Yan]], military prefect and official of Later Liang * [[Zhu Youzhen]], emperor of Later Liang (b. [[AD 888|888]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:923}} [[Category:923| ]]
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