937
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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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937 by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 937 CMXXXVII |
Ab urbe condita | 1690 |
Armenian calendar | 386 ԹՎ ՅՁԶ |
Assyrian calendar | 5687 |
Balinese saka calendar | 858–859 |
Bengali calendar | 344 |
Berber calendar | 1887 |
Buddhist calendar | 1481 |
Burmese calendar | 299 |
Byzantine calendar | 6445–6446 |
Chinese calendar | Bính thânNăm (FireMonkey) 3634 or 3427 — to — Đinh Dậu năm (FireRooster) 3635 or 3428 |
Coptic calendar | 653–654 |
Discordian calendar | 2103 |
Ethiopian calendar | 929–930 |
Hebrew calendar | 4697–4698 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 993–994 |
-Shaka Samvat | 858–859 |
-Kali Yuga | 4037–4038 |
Holocene calendar | 10937 |
Iranian calendar | 315–316 |
Islamic calendar | 325–326 |
Japanese calendar | Jōhei7 ( thái bình 7 năm ) |
Javanese calendar | 837–838 |
Julian calendar | 937 CMXXXVII |
Korean calendar | 3270 |
Minguo calendar | 975 beforeROC Dân trước 975 năm |
Nanakshahi calendar | −531 |
Seleucid era | 1248/1249AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1479–1480 |
Tibetan calendar | Dương hỏa năm con khỉ (male Fire-Monkey) 1063 or 682 or −90 — to — Âm hỏa gà năm (female Fire-Rooster) 1064 or 683 or −89 |
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Year937(CMXXXVII) was acommon year starting on Sunday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
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[edit]Europe
[edit]- AHungarianarmy invadesBurgundy,and burns the city ofTournus.Then they go southwards toItaly,pillaging the environs ofNaples,BeneventoandMonte Cassino.When the Hungarians return home, they are attacked in theApennine MountainsbyLombardforces, losing their plunder (approximate date).
- July 11– KingRudolph II of Burgundydies after a 25-year reign, and is succeeded by his 12-year-old sonConrad I( "the Peaceful" ). His wife, QueenBertha,takes effective control of unified Burgundy, transferring its capital toArles(that Burgundian kingdom was later known from the 12th century as theKingdom of Arles).[1]
- KingOtto Irefuses to give land to his older (illegitimate) half-brotherThankmar,who gains the support ofEberhard III(duke ofFranconia) andWichmann the Elder,and seizes the fortress ofEresburg.Otto assumes direct rule over Franconia, and dissolves it into smaller counties.[2]
- KingHugh of Arles(king of Italy) travels toColombier(Switzerland) and marries Rudolph's widow Bertha. He takes Conrad I under his tutelage and betroths Rudolph's 6-year-old daughterAdelaidewith his own son and co-rulerLothair II.
- Winter –Gerosucceeds his brotherSiegfriedafter his death. King Otto I appoints him as count andmargraveof avast borderregion aroundMerseburgthat abuts theWendson theRiver Saale(Lower Saxony).
- Magdeburgbecomes the capital of theEast Frankish Kingdom,after aDietheld by King Otto I (approximate date).
England
[edit]- Battle of Brunanburh:KingÆthelstandefeats a combined Northern Army under the kingsOlaf of Dublin,Constantine II of ScotlandandOwain of Strathclyde.Though none of the British monarchs appear to have taken part, the people ofStrathclydewere a major contingent under their Scottish king.
Asia
[edit]- November 10–Li Bianusurps the throne and deposes EmperorYang Pu.TheWu Stateis replaced and Li (called "Xu Zhigao" ) becomes the first emperor ofSouthern Tang,one of theTen Kingdomsin southernChina.
- Winter – TheLater Tangfalls to theLater Jin(during theFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period) founded by EmperorShi Jingtang(posthumously known as "Gaozu of Jin" ).
Births
[edit]- Attilanus,bishop ofZamora(d.1007)
- Bagrat II,king ofIberiaandKartli(d.994)
- Gu Hongzhong,Chinese painter (d.975)
- Haakon Sigurdsson,Viking ruler (d.995)
- Khalaf ibn Ahmad,Saffaridemir(d.1009)
- Li Yu,ruler ofSouthern Tang(approximate date)
- Meng Xuanzhe,prince ofLater Shu(d.991)
- William IV,duke ofAquitaine(d. 994)
Deaths
[edit]- January 11
- Cao,empress ofLater Tang
- Li Chongmei,prince of Later Tang
- Li Congke,emperor of Later Tang (b.885)
- Liu,empress of Later Tang
- January 14–Zhang Yanlang,Chinese official
- July 11–Rudolph II,king ofBurgundy
- July 14–Arnulf I,duke ofBavaria
- October 10–Wang Lingmou,chancellor ofWu
- December 3–Siegfried,Frankishnobleman
- Ælfwine,bishop ofLichfield(approximate date)
- Abbo,adviser and bishop ofSoissons
- Alphege,bishop ofWells(approximate date)
- David II,king of Iberia/Kartli (Georgia)
- David ibn Merwan,Jewishphilosopher
- Dubacan of Angus,Scottish nobleman
- Ermengol,Frankish nobleman (b.870)
- Gebeachan,king of theIsles(Hebrides)
- Liu Yanhao,general of Later Tang
- Marozia,Roman noblewoman (b.890)
- Tidhelm,bishop ofHereford(approximate date)
- Xu Jingqian,official andregentof Wu (b.919)
- Yang Meng,prince of Wu (Ten Kingdoms)
- Yelü Bei,prince of theLiao Dynasty(b.899)
- Zhao Dejun,general of Later Tang
References
[edit]- ^Timothy Reuter (1999).The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III,pp. 341–342.ISBN978-0-521-36447-8.
- ^Ernest F. Henderson (1894).History of Germany in the Middle Ages,G. Bell & Sons, London, p. 125.