924

924 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	924; CMXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1677
Armenian calendar	373; ԹՎ ՅՀԳ
Assyrian calendar	5674
Balinese saka calendar	845–846
Bengali calendar	331
Berber calendar	1874
Buddhist calendar	1468
Burmese calendar	286
Byzantine calendar	6432–6433
Chinese calendar	Quý chưaNăm (WaterGoat); 3621 or 3414; — to —; Giáp thân năm (WoodMonkey); 3622 or 3415
Coptic calendar	640–641
Discordian calendar	2090
Ethiopian calendar	916–917
Hebrew calendar	4684–4685
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	980–981
-Shaka Samvat	845–846
-Kali Yuga	4024–4025
Holocene calendar	10924
Iranian calendar	302–303
Islamic calendar	311–312
Japanese calendar	Enchō2; ( kéo dài ２ năm )
Javanese calendar	823–824
Julian calendar	924; CMXXIV
Korean calendar	3257
Minguo calendar	988 beforeROC; Dân trước 988 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−544
Seleucid era	1235/1236AG
Thai solar calendar	1466–1467
Tibetan calendar	Âm thủy dương năm; (female Water-Goat); 1050 or 669 or −103; — to —; Dương mộc năm con khỉ; (male Wood-Monkey); 1051 or 670 or −102

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century; 11th century;
Decades:	900s; 910s; 920s; 930s; 940s;
Years:	921; 922; 923; 924; 925; 926; 927;

July 17:Æthelstanbecomes the King of England upon the death of his father, KingEdward the Elder.Æthelstan is seen here presenting a book toCuthbert,in a painting visible at the Chester-le-Street)

Year924(CMXXIV) was aleap year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

January—March

January 5– The monastery ofSan Martín de Albeldais founded in theKingdom of Navarrein what is now the city ofAlbelda de Ireguain Spain, by orders ofKing Sancho Garcés IandToda Aznárez,monarchs of Navarre,to celebrate the previous year's recapture of the cities ofNájeraandViguera.^[1]
January 20–China'sEmperor Zhuangzongreverses an initial decision to spare the life of GeneralLi Jitaoafter discovering that Li is continuing to plot the overthrow of the government, and has Li executed.^[2]^[3]
February 12– (1 Dhu al-Qi'dah 311 A.H.)Ahmad ibn Kayghalaghis removed from office as theAbbasid Governor of Egyptby theCaliph al-Muqtadirafter less than six months in office and is replaced byTakin al-Khazari.^[4]who, following his death, sack and burn the city ofPavia.They Hungarian forces penetrate as far as thePyrenees.^[5]

March 24– Hungarian Magyar forces led by General Szalárd, capturePavia,capital of theKingdom of Italywithin theHoly Roman Empire,at the request of the Holy Roman EmperorBerengar.^[6]Later, after crossing theAlpsvia theSt. Bernard Pass,the Magyars pillageProvence,SeptimaniaandNismesin southernFrance).
March– A group of 1,800 warriors of theQarmatiansofBahrayn attack and destroythe returningHajjcaravans at al-Habir.^[7]Some of the more prominent pilgrims, who were returning toBaghdadfromMecca,are taken toAl-Ahsa Oasisto be held for ransom. The event leads to the downfall and execution of theAbbasid Caliphate'svizier,Ibn al-Furat.^[8]

April—June

April 7– After having made a new alliance with theHungarians,theHoly Roman Emperor Berengar I,King of Italy, is assassinated inVeronaby one of his guards.Rudolph II,King of Burgundyand a claimant to the throne, takes full control of the Kingdom of Italy, while the office of the Holy Roman Emperor will not be re-created until 38 years later.^[9]
June 15–Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat,the Grand Vizier of the Abbasid Caliphal-Muqtadirsince returning to power in August923,is removed from office by the Caliph,and is replaced byAbdallah ibn Muhammad al-Khaqani.On July 24, he is executed along with his son, al-Muhassin, for his brutality during his rule and for failing to prevent the March attack by theQarmatianson Iraqi Muslim pilgrims.^[10]
June–Fruela II,King ofAsturiasin what is now Portugal, becomes the new ruler of theKingdom of Leónand theKingdom of Galiciain Spain upon the death of his younger brother,King Ordoño II,who dies after a 14-year reign. The ascent of Fruela reunites Asturias, Galicia and Leon.^[11]Fruela, who is not popular with thenobles,orders the assassination of the sons of Olmundo.

July—September

July 17–Edward the Elder,King of the Anglo-Saxons,is killed in battle atFarndon-Upon-Deewhile leading an army against a revolt by some of the Cambrians and Mercians. During his 25-year reign, he gained direct control overMercia,including some of theDanelaw,theDanish-occupied areas. Edward's oldest son,Æthelstan,is proclaimed the new King of England, while some supporters among the West Saxons supportÆlfweard,to be Edward's successor asKing of Wessex.^[12]
August 2–Ælfweard of Wessex,briefly a claimant for the throne of England and favored by the nobility of Wessex,dies at the age of 23 only sixteen days after the death of his father.^[13]
August– AtSeorabeo(now Gyeongju inSouth Korea),Gyeongaebecomes the new monarch of theKingdom of Sillaupon the death of his older brother,King Gyeongmyeong.^[14]
September 7–Byzantine–Bulgarian War:Tsar Simeon I,ruler (knyaz) of theBulgarian Empire,leads the burning of theChurch of St. Mary of the SpringinConstantinople.^[15]
September 9– After pllaging the suburbs ofConstantinople,TsarSimeon I of Bulgariameets with the Byzantine EmperorRomanos I Lekapenoson theGolden Hornto arrange a truce, according to which Byzantium will pay the Bulgarians an annualtributein exchangefor the return of some cities on theBlack Seacoast.^[16]

October—December

November 9– Byzantine co-Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos concludes a treaty with the Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria and provides the Bulgarian monarch with "gold and silver shields and lances."^[17]
November– (Shaban 312 AH) Hamd bin Khazar, leader of theZenataBerber nomads in the high plateau of centralAlgeria,sets an ambush that kills Massala ibn Habus, theFatimidGovernor ofTahert.^[18]
December 25–Stephen LekapenosandConstantine Lekapenosare promoted to the position of co-Emperors of Byzantium, joiningConstantine VII,Romanos IandChristopher,creating apentarchywith five monarchs.

By place

Europe

Fall –Bulgarian–Serbian War:Tsar Simeon I sends apunitive expeditionforce againstSerbia,led byTheodore SigritsaandMarmais,but they are ambushed and defeated.Zaharija,prince of the Serbs, sends their heads and armour later to Constantinople (approximate date).
Winter – The Hungarians invadeSaxonyand force KingHenry I(the Fowler) to retreat into theCastle of Werla.He makes a pact and agrees to pay themtributefor 9 years. They return to thePo Valleyand sack the cities ofBergamo,BresciaandMantua(NorthernItaly).

Asia

EmperorTaizuof theLiao Dynastyleads a campaign to the West. He reaches the former capital of theUyghur Kingdomon theOrkhon River.TheZububegin to pay tribute to theKhitan Empire.
EmperorZhuang ZongofLater Tangbestows the chancellor title onGao Ji xing(Prince of Nanping) and creates theNanpingState (CentralChina). TheQiState falls to Later Tang.

Births

Fujiwara no Koretada,Japanese statesman andwakapoet (d.972)
Fujiwara no Yoritada,Japanesenoblemanandregent(d.989)
Gao Baoxu,king ofNanping(Ten Kingdoms) (d.962)
Li Jingda,prince ofSouthern Tang(d.971)
Nyaung-u Sawrahan,king of thePagan dynasty(d.1001)
Đinh Bộ Lĩnh,Emperor of Viet Nam (d.979)

Deaths

January 20–Li Jitao,general ofLater Tang
April 7–Berengar I,king ofItalyandHoly Roman Emperor
April 11–Herman I,archbishop ofCologne
May 17–Li Maozhen,Chinesewarlordand king (b.856)
June 16–Li Cunshen,general of Later Tang (b.862)
July 17–Edward the Elder,king ofWessex
July 18–Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat,Abbasidvizier(b.855)
August 2–Ælfweard,son of Edward the Elder
Damian of Tarsus,Muslim governor
Gyeongmyeong,king ofSilla(Korea)
Marmais,Bulgarian nobleman
Ordoño II,king ofGaliciaandLeón
Raymond II,Frankish nobleman
Theodore Sigritsa,Bulgarian minister
Yuan Xiangxian,Chinese general
Zaharija,prince ofSerbia(approximate date)

References

^"Salvus of Albelda and Frontier Monasticism in Tenth-Century Navarre",by Charles J. Bishko, inSpeculumNo. 23 (1948), pp. 559–590
^Zizhi Tong gian,vol. 272.Cùng quang nguyên niên 12 tháng tân tị= 20 January 924.
^Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
^Bianquis, Thierry(1998)."Autonomous Egypt from Ibn Ṭūlūn to Kāfūr, 868–969".In Petry, Carl F. (ed.).The Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume 1: Islamic Egypt, 640–1517.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 110.ISBN 0-521-47137-0.
^Timothy Reuter (1999).The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III,p. 543.ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
^Baják László,A fejedelmek kora: A korai magyar történet időrendi vázlataVolume 2: 900-1000 (The Era of the Princes: A chronological sketch of the early Hungarian history)(Budapest: ÓMT) pp.16-17
^Halm, Heinz(1991).Das Reich des Mahdi: Der Aufstieg der Fatimiden[The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids] (in German). Munich: C. H. Beck. pp. 226–227.ISBN 3-406-35497-1.
^Kennedy, Hugh(2004).The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century(Second ed.). Harlow: Longman. pp. 191–192.ISBN 978-0-582-40525-7.
^"Berengario I, duca-marchese del Friuli, re d'Italia, imperatore",inDizionario Biografico degli Italiani,ed. by Girolamo Arnaldi, volume 9 (Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1967).
^Sourdel, D.(1971)."Ibn al-Furāt".InLewis, B.;Ménage, V. L.;Pellat, Ch.&Schacht, J.(eds.).The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.Volume III:H–Iram.Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 767–768.doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0322.OCLC 495469525.
^García-Osuna, José María Manuel; Rodríguez."El astur rey de León Fruela II Adefónsiz" El Leproso "".Argutorio: revista de la Asociación Cultural "Monte Irago".9(20): 25–28.RetrievedMay 18,2012.
^Miller, Sean (2004)."Edward [called Edward the Elder] (870s?–924), king of the Anglo-Saxons".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8514.RetrievedOctober 6,2016.(subscription orUK public library membershiprequired)
^Keynes, Simon (2001). "Rulers of the English, c.450–1066". In Michael Lapidge; John Blair; Simon Keynes; Donald Scragg (eds.).The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England.Blackwell Publishing. p. 51.ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1.
^Samguk Yusa,Kings' Chronicles, Gyeongmyeong Dynasty(삼국유사 왕력편 경명왕조)
^Mamboury, Ernest(1953).The Tourists' Istanbul.Istanbul: Çituri Biraderler Basımevi. p. 208.
^Runciman, Steven(1930).A history of the First Bulgarian Empire.London:George Bell & Sons.pp. 169–172.OCLC 832687.
^Piotr L. Grotowski, "Arms and Armour of the Warrior Saints",Tradition and Innovation in Byzantine Iconography (843-1261)(BRILL, 2010) p.23,ISBN 978-90-04-18548-7
^Heinz Halm,The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids(BRILL, 2021) p.269,ISBN 978-90-04-49265-3

[1] "Salvus of Albelda and Frontier Monasticism in Tenth-Century Navarre",by Charles J. Bishko, inSpeculumNo. 23 (1948), pp. 559–590

[ZZTJ272-2] Zizhi Tong gian,vol. 272.Cùng quang nguyên niên 12 tháng tân tị= 20 January 924.

[AS-3] Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.

[4] Bianquis, Thierry(1998)."Autonomous Egypt from Ibn Ṭūlūn to Kāfūr, 868–969".In Petry, Carl F. (ed.).The Cambridge History of Egypt, Volume 1: Islamic Egypt, 640–1517.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 110.ISBN 0-521-47137-0.

[5] Timothy Reuter (1999).The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III,p. 543.ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.

[6] Baják László,A fejedelmek kora: A korai magyar történet időrendi vázlataVolume 2: 900-1000 (The Era of the Princes: A chronological sketch of the early Hungarian history)(Budapest: ÓMT) pp.16-17

[7] Halm, Heinz(1991).Das Reich des Mahdi: Der Aufstieg der Fatimiden[The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids] (in German). Munich: C. H. Beck. pp. 226–227.ISBN 3-406-35497-1.

[8] Kennedy, Hugh(2004).The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century(Second ed.). Harlow: Longman. pp. 191–192.ISBN 978-0-582-40525-7.

[9] "Berengario I, duca-marchese del Friuli, re d'Italia, imperatore",inDizionario Biografico degli Italiani,ed. by Girolamo Arnaldi, volume 9 (Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1967).

[10] Sourdel, D.(1971)."Ibn al-Furāt".InLewis, B.;Ménage, V. L.;Pellat, Ch.&Schacht, J.(eds.).The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.Volume III:H–Iram.Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 767–768.doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0322.OCLC 495469525.

[11] García-Osuna, José María Manuel; Rodríguez."El astur rey de León Fruela II Adefónsiz" El Leproso "".Argutorio: revista de la Asociación Cultural "Monte Irago".9(20): 25–28.RetrievedMay 18,2012.

[12] Miller, Sean (2004)."Edward [called Edward the Elder] (870s?–924), king of the Anglo-Saxons".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8514.RetrievedOctober 6,2016.(subscription orUK public library membershiprequired)

[13] Keynes, Simon (2001). "Rulers of the English, c.450–1066". In Michael Lapidge; John Blair; Simon Keynes; Donald Scragg (eds.).The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England.Blackwell Publishing. p. 51.ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1.

[14] Samguk Yusa,Kings' Chronicles, Gyeongmyeong Dynasty(삼국유사 왕력편 경명왕조)

[15] Mamboury, Ernest(1953).The Tourists' Istanbul.Istanbul: Çituri Biraderler Basımevi. p. 208.

[16] Runciman, Steven(1930).A history of the First Bulgarian Empire.London:George Bell & Sons.pp. 169–172.OCLC 832687.

[17] Piotr L. Grotowski, "Arms and Armour of the Warrior Saints",Tradition and Innovation in Byzantine Iconography (843-1261)(BRILL, 2010) p.23,ISBN 978-90-04-18548-7

[18] Heinz Halm,The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids(BRILL, 2021) p.269,ISBN 978-90-04-49265-3

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