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913
Constantine VII becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire .
913 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	361/362 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	905/906
Buddhist calendar	1456/57 (southern Buddhism); 1455/56 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	60th (61st) cycle Year of the water tap癸酉 ( at the beginning of the year water monkey 壬申)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	275/276 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	291/292
Islamic calendar	300/301 (turn of the year 6/7 August)
Jewish calendar	4673/74 (September 3-4)
Coptic calendar	629/630
Malayalam calendar	88/89
Roman calendar	from urbe condita MDCLXVI (1666) Diocletian's era : 629/630 (New Year November)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1223/24 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1224/25 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era	951
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	969/970 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

Eastern Europe

Expansion of Bulgaria under Simeon I.

• July 6th : After a year of reign, the Byzantine Emperor Alexander dies . While still on his deathbed, he names his seven-year-old nephew as his successor, who ascends the throne of Constantinople as Constantine VII . He ruled temporarily under the reign of Nicholas I , the Patriarch of Constantinople .
• Konstantin Dukas , commander-in-chief of the Byzantine imperial troops, attempts to overthrow Emperor Constantine and his mother Zoe Karbonopsina . The coup was crushed within a short time and Dukas killed in battle.
• Simeon of Bulgaria attacks the Byzantine Empire with the aim of winning the imperial crown. After a siege of Constantinople , he was recognized in negotiations by Constantine VII and Nicholas I as " Emperor of Bulgaria".

Western Europe

• August 19 : Ordoño II of Galicia conquers Évora from the Moors and has the city sacked.

First documentary mentions

• June 16 : First mention of Gladenbach and Breidenbach
• First mention of Kassel (Chassalla or Chassella)

religion

• After the death of Hatto I. on May 15 will Heriger archbishop of Mainz levied.
• June, September or November: Pope Anastasius III. dies under unexplained circumstances, possibly falling out of favor with the Roman city patriciate under the rule of Theophylact I of Tusculum and his wife Theodora I of Tusculum and is murdered on their behalf. Lando is elected Pope as his successor .

Born

• Ismail al-Mansur , Caliph of the Fatimids in Ifriqiya († 953 )
• Schabbtai Donnolo , Italian doctor († around 984 )
• Gerberga , Queen of France and sister of Otto I († 969 )

Died

• May 15 : Hatto I , Archbishop of Mainz and Arch Chancellor (* around 850 )
• Al-Jannabi , Ismaili missionary and founder of the Qarmatian state in al-Hasa and Bahrain
• Alexander , Byzantine Emperor (* 870 )
• Anastasius III. , Pope
• Gottschalk , Abbot of Corvey

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