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Calendar overview 937
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| 937 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 385/386 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 929/930 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1480/81 (southern Buddhism); 1479/80 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 60th (61st) cycle
Year of the Fire Rooster丁酉 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Monkey 丙申) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 299/300 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 315/316 |
| Islamic calendar | 325/326 (turn of the year November 7th / 8th) |
| Jewish calendar | 4697/98 (September 8/9) |
| Coptic calendar | 653/654 |
| Malayalam calendar | 112/113 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDCXC (1690)
Diocletian's era : 653/654 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1247/48 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1248/49 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 975 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 993/994 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Central Europe
- July 13 : Konrad III. becomes king of Burgundy after the death of his father Rudolf II .
- July 14th : After the death of Arnulf I , his eldest son Eberhard becomes Duke of Bavaria . He refuses to pay homage to King Otto I after he has asked him to renounce the right of bishop investiture in the duchy.
- Thankmar , the older half-brother of King Otto I, feels neglected and leads an uprising in Franconia and Lorraine .
- Duke Giselbert of Lorraine rises against King Otto I and pulls the Counts of Verdun , Cambrai and Holland to his side.
- Hermann Billung pulls against the rebellious Thankmar of Saxony on behalf of King Otto I.
- Gero is appointed legate (commander-in-chief) by King Otto I in the Saxon border area to the Elbe Slavs . It begins with the establishment and conquest of the Saxon Ostmark .
- King Hugo I of Italy married in December in Colombier on Lake Geneva in 3rd marriage Bertha von Burgund, b. von Schwaben, widow of Rudolf II., and betrothed his son Lothar to their six-year-old daughter Adelheid.
Western Europe
- King Æthelstan of Wessex and his brother Edmund I defeat a united army of the Danes , Irish and Scots in the battle of Brunanburh .
Caucasus
Asia
- Duan Siping founds the Kingdom of Dali in what is now central China.
First documentary mentions
- The town of Pfullingen in the Duchy of Swabia is mentioned for the first time in a deed of gift from King Otto I the Great.
religion
- Friedrich becomes Archbishop of Mainz . He follows Hildebert , who died on May 31st .
- September 21 : King Otto I founds the St. Mauritius Monastery in Magdeburg . The monastery, which Otto also intended to be used as the future family burial site, was given rich gifts from the start and given numerous privileges.
Born
- Li Houzhu , Chinese poet and last king of the southern Tang Empire († 978 )
- as-Sulami , Persian and Islamic Sufi († 1021 )
Died
Date of death secured
- July 10th : Siegfried von Merseburg , Saxon nobleman
- July 12th / 13th : Rudolf II. , King of Burgundy (* around 880 )
- July 14th : Arnulf I the Evil , Duke of Bavaria
- July 15 : Meginwarch , East Franconian nobleman
Exact date of death unknown
- Abbo , Bishop of Soissons
- David II , King of Georgia (* before 897)
- Gagik I. , Armenian prince (* 904 )
- Tidhelm , Bishop of Hereford
Web links
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