937

937 in variouscalendars
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

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century; 11th century;
Decades:	910s; 920s; 930s; 940s; 950s;
Years:	934; 935; 936; 937; 938; 939; 940;

Year937(CMXXXVII) was acommon year starting on Sunday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

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).

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.

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" ).

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

^Timothy Reuter (1999).The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III,pp. 341–342.ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
^Ernest F. Henderson (1894).History of Germany in the Middle Ages,G. Bell & Sons, London, p. 125.