952

Year 952 (CMLII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Europe

 * Summer – At the Reichstag in Augsburg (assembled by King Otto I), joined by German nobles and bishops, Berengar of Ivrea pays homage. He becomes a vassal of the East Frankish Kingdom. Otto leaves a strong garrison at Pavia in the hands of his son-in-law Conrad the Red, duke of Lotharingia.

Scotland

 * King Constantine II dies at the monastery of St. Andrews (where he has been retired since 943). His cousin and ruling monarch, Malcolm I, fights a battle against the Northmen or the Norse–Gaels.

Africa

 * Summer – Kalbid forces under Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi (an aristocratic member of the ruling Fatimid Caliphate) sail from Sicily and invade Byzantine Calabria. He attacks several towns, including Gerace and Cassono.

Births

 * Adelaide of Aquitaine, French queen consort (or 945)
 * Adela of Hamaland, Frankish countess and regent (d. 1021)
 * Fakhr al-Dawla, emir of Gurgan and Tabaristan (d. 997)
 * Sa'd al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir of Aleppo (d. 991)
 * Song, Chinese empress consort (d. 995)

Deaths

 * June 15 – Murong Yanchao, Chinese general
 * July 17 – Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman (b. 913)
 * September 6 – Suzaku, emperor of Japan (b. 923)
 * September 10 – Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general (b. 885)
 * December 17 – Hugh the Black, duke of Burgundy
 * date unknown
 * Alan II (Wrybeard), duke of Brittany
 * Constantine II, king of Alba (Scotland)
 * Li Jianxun, Chinese official and chancellor
 * Mansur ibn Qara-Tegin, Samanid governor