929

Year 929 (CMXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Europe

 * January 16 – Emir Abd al-Rahman III of Córdoba, Spain, proclaims himself caliph and creates the Caliphate of Córdoba. He breaks his allegiance to, and ties with, the Fatimid and Abbasid caliphs.
 * February 3 – Guy, Margrave of Tuscany, second husband (third lover) of the Roman noblewoman Marozia, dies. He is succeeded by his brother Lambert as margrave of Tuscany.
 * Early 929 – Siege of Gana: German king Henry the Fowler besieges Gana with an East Frankish army and conquers the stronghold. He establishes the fort of Meissen nearby.
 * Early 929 – Henry the Fowler invades Bohemia from the north and marches on Prague. Duke Arnulf I of Bavaria invades Bohemia from the south. The Bohemians capitulate.
 * Summer – The Slavic-Arab leader Sabir defeats a small Byzantine fleet and seizes Termoli (in Molise, on the Adriatic coast). He returns to Africa laden with booty and slaves.
 * September 4 – Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen (modern Germany).
 * October 7 – Charles the Simple, former king of West Francia, dies in prison at Péronne, leaving Rudolph with no opposition except that of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois.

Asia

 * Mpu Sindok, ruler of the Mataram Kingdom, moves his court from Central to East Java (modern Indonesia), probably after the eruption of Mount Merapi and/or invasion from Srivijaya.

Religion

 * Pope Leo VI dies at Rome after a 7-month reign. He is succeeded (probably handpicked–by Marozia from the Tusculani family) by Stephen VII as the 124th pope of the Catholic Church.

Births

 * September 29 – Qian Chu, king of Wuyue (d. 988)
 * al-Ta'i', Abbasid caliph of Baghdad (d. 1003)
 * Fujiwara no Kaneie, Japanese statesman (d. 990)
 * Guo Zhongshu, Chinese painter (approximate date)
 * Saigū no Nyōgo (Princess Kishi), Japanese waka poet (d. 985)
 * William, archbishop of Mainz (d. 968)

Deaths

 * January 28 – Gao Jixing, founder of Chinese Jingnan (b. 858)
 * February 3 – Guy ("the Philosopher"), margrave of Tuscany (Italy)
 * February 12 – Leo VI, pope of the Catholic Church
 * March 26 – Wang Du, Chinese warlord and governor (jiedushi)
 * April 9 – Cui Xie, Chinese official and chancellor
 * June 7 – Ælthryth, English princess and countess of Flanders (b. 877)
 * Before August 16 – Sancho Ordóñez, king of Galicia (Spain)
 * October 7 – Charles the Simple, Frankish king (b. 879)
 * Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Madhara'i, Abbasid fiscal director
 * Abu'l-Musafir al-Fath, Sajid emir of Azerbaijan (Iran)
 * Al-Batani, Muslim astronomer and mathematician
 * Ashot II, king of Armenia (approximate date)
 * Gao Yu, Chinese chief strategist
 * Indra III, ruler of Rashtrakuta (India)
 * Lothar I, Frankish nobleman (b. 902)
 * Lothar II, Frankish nobleman (b. 874)
 * Padla II, prince of Kakheti (Georgia)
 * Thumal the Qahraman, Abbasid female judge
 * Zhao Jingyi, Chinese general and governor