938 Establishments
Year 938 ( CMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Summer – The Hungarian army invades Northern Italy with the permission of King Hugh of Arles. They cross the Apennines, and sack the Lombard lands in Tuscany, Lazio and Campania. Finally, the Hungarians are defeated at Wolfenbüttel by a Saxon army. * July – King Otto I besieges the fortress of Eresburg. He defeats his half-brother Thankmar and kills him as he tries to find sanctuary. Eberhard III, duke of Franconia, is banished and replaced by his uncle Berthold. * Fall – Otto I defeats in two campaigns a series of uprisings in Saxony, Franconia and Lotharingia.Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 245. . He signs a "friendship pact" with King Louis IV ("d'Outremer") of the West Frankish Kingdom. Asia * Battle of Bach Dang: Vietnamese forces defeat an invad ...
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