Year 912 ( CMXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. __NOTOC__

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

May 11 Events 1601–1900 *1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. *1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...

– Emperor Leo VI (the Wise) dies after a 26-year reign in which he has completed the Byzantine code of laws ('' Basilika''). He is succeeded by his brother Alexander III as emperor (''

basileus ''Basileus'' ( el, ) is a Greek term and title that has signified various types of monarchs in history. In the English-speaking world it is perhaps most widely understood to mean "monarch", referring to either a "king" or an "emperor" and al ...

'') alongside Leo's 6-year-old son

Constantine VII Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (; 17 May 905 – 9 November 959) was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, reigning from 6 June 913 to 9 November 959. He was the son of Emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife, Zoe Kar ...

. Alexander becomes '' de facto'' ruler of the Byzantine Empire and expels Empress Zoe Karbonopsina, the mother of Constantine, from the palace and

exile Exile is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons and peoples suf ...

s her to a nunnery.

Europe

* German dukes

Henry the Fowler Henry the Fowler (german: Heinrich der Vogler or '; la, Henricus Auceps) (c. 876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he ...

of Saxony and Arnulf I (the Bad) of Bavaria claim themselves to be sovereign princes, not recognizing the authority of their overlord, King Conrad I of the East Frankish Kingdom, as he is not a

Carolingian The Carolingian dynasty (; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charlemagne, grandson of mayor Charles Martel and a descendant of the Arnulfing and Pippin ...

. Duke Erchanger II of

Swabia Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...

and Conrad's brother, Duke

Eberhard III Eberhard III (c. 885 – 2 October 939), a member of the Conradine dynasty, was Duke of Franconia, succeeding his elder brother, King Conrad I, in December 918. From 926 to 928, he also acted as ruler of Lotharingia. Life Eberhard was the seco ...

of Franconia, support the Conradines. *

Orso II Participazio Orso II Participazio (died 932) was the eighteenth doge of the Republic of Venice, by tradition (historically, he was the sixteenth), from 912 to 932. History In 912 he was kidnapped in the Adriatic by a Serb prince of Zachlumia by the name ...

becomes the doge of Venice. He sends his son Pietro to Constantinople in order to re-establish the relationship with Alexander III. * King Ordoño II of Galicia continues his expansion of the

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

polity. He sacks the cities of Mérida and Évora.

Britain

* Lady Æthelflæd expands her policy by building defensive '' burghs'' at

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...

and Bridgnorth. The fortifications are needed to protect Mercia against plundering Vikings from the Danelaw (Danish territory in England).Yorke. ''Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England'', p. 123.

Arabian Empire

* October 16 – Abd al-Rahman III succeeds his grandfather Abdullah ibn Muhammad (after his execution) and becomes emir of Córdoba ( Al-Andalus). * The second rebellion in two years, of the Kutama tribesmen against the

Fatimid Caliphate The Fatimid Caliphate was an Isma'ilism, Ismaili Shia Islam, Shi'a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries AD. Spanning a large area of North Africa, it ranged from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the ea ...

, occurs.Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 39.

China

* July 18 – Emperor Taizu (Zhu Wen) is murdered in the imperial palace at Kaifeng by his eldest living son Zhu Yougui after a 5-year reign. He succeeds his father as the ruler of

Later Liang Later Liang may refer to the following states in Chinese history: * Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) (後涼; 386–403), one of the Sixteen Kingdoms * Western Liang (555–587), also known as Later Liang (後梁), a state during the Southern and Nor ...

By topic

Religion

* Euthymius I is deposed as

Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

, and Nicholas Mystikos is restored.

Births

* November 23 – Otto I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 973) *

Alberic II Alberic II (912–954) was ruler of Rome from 932 to 954, after deposing his mother Marozia and his stepfather, King Hugh of Italy. He was of the house of the counts of Tusculum, the son of Marozia by her first husband, Duke Alberic I of Spoleto ...

, princeps and duke of Spoleto (d. 954) * Frederick I, duke of Upper Lorraine (approximate date) * Hyejong, king of Goryeo ( Korea) (d. 945) *

Ma Xichong Ma Xichong () was the sixth and final ruler of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Chu. Background According to the ''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'', citing another work now lost, the ''Miscellaneous Record ...

, governor and ruler of

Chu Chu or CHU may refer to: Chinese history * Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty * Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu * Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the Ha ...

(d. 951) * Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese nobleman and samurai (d. 997) *

Nakatsukasa Nakatsukasa (中務, 912–991) was a Japanese Waka poet from the middle Heian period. Nakatsukasa was the granddaughter of Emperor Uda and the daughter of poet Lady Ise. She is one of five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ...

, Japanese waka poet (d.

991 Year 991 (Roman numerals, CMXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * March 1: In Rouen, Pope John XV ratifies the first Peace and Truce of God, Truce of God, between ...

) * Nikephoros II, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 969) * Pelagius of Córdoba, Christian martyr (d. 926) * Ryōgen, Japanese monk and abbot (d. 985) * Willa of Tuscany, queen consort of Italy (or 911) * Xue Juzheng, Chinese scholar-official and historian (d. 981)

Deaths

– Leo VI, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (b.

866 __NOTOC__ Year 866 ( DCCCLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * April 21 – Bardas, the regent of the Byzantine Empire, is murd ...

) * May 25 –

Xue Yiju Xue Yiju (; died May 25, 912''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 268.Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar ...

, chancellor of

* July 18 – Zhu Wen, emperor of Later Liang (b.

852 __NOTOC__ Year 852 ( DCCCLII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * March 4 – Trpimir I, duke ('' knez'') of Croatia, and founder of the Trpimi ...

) * August 15 – Han Jian, Chinese warlord (b.

855 __NOTOC__ Year 855 ( DCCCLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * November 20 – Theoktistos, co-regent of the Empire on behalf of ...

) *

October 15 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. * 1211 ...

– Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Muslim emir (b. 844) * October 25 – Rudolph I, king of

Burgundy Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The c ...

(b. 859) * November 30 – Otto I, duke of Saxony * Ahmad ibn Yusuf, Muslim mathematician (b. 835) * Guanxiu, Chinese Buddhist monk and poet (b. 832) * Hermenegildo Gutiérrez, Galician nobleman * Hyogong, king of Silla (Korea) (b. 883) * Ibn Khordadbeh, Persian geographer * Notker the Stammerer, Benedictine monk * Oleg of Novgorod, Varangian prince * Pietro Tribuno, doge of

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

(approximate date) * Qusta ibn Luqa, Syrian

Melkite The term Melkite (), also written Melchite, refers to various Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian churches of the Byzantine Rite and their members originating in the Middle East. The term comes from the common Central Semitic Semitic root, ro ...

physician (b. 820) * Rudalt, Breton nobleman (approximate date) * Smbat I, king of Armenia (approximate date) * Wilferth, bishop of Lichfield (approximate date) *

Zhang Ce Zhang Ce (張策) (died 912), courtesy name Shaoyi (少逸), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang dynasty and the succeeding Later Liang of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Later Liang ...

, chancellor of Later Liang * Zhu Youwen, prince of Later Liang

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