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[[File:Emperor Daigo.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Emperor Daigo]] 897-930]]
Year '''930''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXXX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Europe ====
* The [[Althing]], the [[parliament]] of [[Iceland]], is established at [[þingvellir]] ("Thing Fields"). Chieftains from various tribes gather for 2 weeks at a [[Thing (assembly)|''thing'' (assembly)]] to settle disputes, arrange [[marriage]]s, etc.; it continues in existence into the [[21st century]], as the world's oldest parliament of the [[Icelandic Commonwealth]].
* [[Bishopwearmouth]] is formed and settled in the north-east of England, after [[Æthelstan]] grants the lands to the [[Bishop of Durham]].
* [[Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine]], besieges [[Douai]] in [[West Francia]].

==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Sack of Mecca]]: The [[Qarmatians]], led by [[Abu Tahir al-Jannabi]], sack [[Mecca]], desecrating the [[Zamzam Well]] and carrying off the [[Black Stone]] to their homeland in [[Eastern Arabia]].<ref>{{Das Reich des Mahdi|pages=229–230}}</ref>
* [[Mardavij|Mardavij ibn Ziyar]] is sent by [[Asfar ibn Shiruya]] along with his brother Shirzad, to capture the fortress of Shamiran in [[Tarom County|Tarom]] (Northern [[Iran]]), the capital of the [[Sallarid dynasty|Sallarid]] ruler [[Muhammad ibn Musafir]]. During the [[siege]] Mardavij is persuaded to revolt against Asfar, by letters from [[Makan ibn Kaki]]. With the help of the sons of the Sallarid, he kills other members of his tribe, including Shirzad. Mardavij founds the [[Ziyarid dynasty|Ziyarid Dynasty]] and becomes the ruler of Asfar's former territories, which include [[Rey, Iran|Rey]], Qazvin, [[Zanjan, Iran|Zanjan]], [[Abhar]], [[Qom]] and [[Karaj]].

==== Asia ====
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Emperor Daigo]] of Japan, being fatally ill, abdicates in favor of his 7-year-old son [[Emperor Suzaku|Suzaku]], after a 33-year reign. He enters the [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] priesthood, but dies shortly after. Former Emperor [[Emperor Uda|Uda]] (Daigo's father), remains the power behind the Japanese [[throne]] (until [[931]]).
* The independent [[Korea]]n island state of [[Usan]]-guk becomes a [[protectorate]] of [[Goryeo]].
* [[Yelü Bei]], prince and elder brother of the [[Liao dynasty]] (Khitan) Emperor [[Emperor Taizong of Liao|Taizong]], leaves for [[China]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Alferius]], Italian [[abbot]] and saint (d. [[1050]])
* [[Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia|Boleslaus II]], duke of [[Duchy of Bohemia|Bohemia]] (d. [[AD 999|999]])
* [[Gisulf I of Salerno|Gisulf I]], prince of [[Principality of Salerno|Salerno]] (d. [[977]])
* [[Herbert of Wetterau]], German [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[992]])
* [[Lambert of Chalon]], Frankish nobleman (d. [[978]]) 
* [[Liudolf, Duke of Swabia|Liudolf]],[[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] (approximate date) (d. [[957]])
* [[Mieszko I of Poland|Mieszko I]], prince of [[Greater Poland|Poland]] (approximate date) (d. [[992]])
* [[Nikon the Metanoeite]], Byzantine [[monk]] (d. [[998]])
* [[Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark|Odo I]], German nobleman (approximate date) (d. [[993]])
* [[Ya'qub ibn Killis]], Fatimid [[vizier]] (d. [[991]])
* [[Zhang Mi]], Chinese ''[[Ci (poetry)|Ci]]'' lyric [[Chinese poetry|poet]] (d. unknown)

== Deaths ==
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Liu Hua (Wang Yanjun's wife)|Liu Hua]], princess of [[Southern Han]] (b. [[896]])
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Xiao Qing]], chancellor of [[Later Liang (Five Dynasties)|Later Liang]] (b. [[862]]) 
* [[June 20]] &ndash; [[Hucbald]], Frankish monk and [[Music theory|music theorist]]
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Li Qi (Five Dynasties)|Li Qi]], chancellor of Later Liang (b. [[871]])
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Yan Keqiu]], Chinese chief strategist
* [[December 2]] &ndash; [[Ma Yin]], Chinese [[warlord]] and king (b. [[853]])
* [[Amoghavarsha II]], ruler of [[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Rashtrakuta]] ([[India]])
* [[García II Sánchez of Gascony|García II Sánchez]], duke of [[Duchy of Gascony|Gascony]] (approximate date)
* [[Sharwin II]], ruler of the [[Bavand dynasty|Bavand Dynasty]] ([[Iran]])
* [[Xia Luqi]], general of [[Later Tang]] (b. [[882]])
* [[Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam]], Egyptian mathematician (b. {{circa|850}})
* [[Óengus mac Óengusa]], Irish poet and [[Ollamh Érenn|Chief Ollam of Ireland]]

== References ==
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