912

This article is about the year 912. For the car, see Porsche 912. For the aircraft engine, see Rotax 912.

912 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	912 CMXII
Ab urbe condita	1665
Armenian calendar	361 ԹՎ ՅԿԱ
Assyrian calendar	5662
Balinese saka calendar	833–834
Bengali calendar	318–319
Berber calendar	1862
Buddhist calendar	1456
Burmese calendar	274
Byzantine calendar	6420–6421
Chinese calendar	辛未年 (Metal  Goat) 3609 or 3402     — to — 壬申年 (Water  Monkey) 3610 or 3403
Coptic calendar	628–629
Discordian calendar	2078
Ethiopian calendar	904–905
Hebrew calendar	4672–4673
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	968–969
- Shaka Samvat	833–834
- Kali Yuga	4012–4013
Holocene calendar	10912
Iranian calendar	290–291
Islamic calendar	299–300
Japanese calendar	Engi 12 (延喜１２年)
Javanese calendar	811–812
Julian calendar	912 CMXII
Korean calendar	3245
Minguo calendar	1000 before ROC 民前1000年
Nanakshahi calendar	−556
Seleucid era	1223/1224 AG
Thai solar calendar	1454–1455
Tibetan calendar	阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1038 or 657 or −115     — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1039 or 658 or −114

Emperor Alexander III (870–913)

Year 912 ( CMXII ) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• May 11 – 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 ) alongside Leo's 6-year-old son Constantine VII. Alexander becomes de facto ruler of the Byzantine Empire and expels Empress Zoe Karbonopsina, the mother of Constantine, from the palace and exiles her to a nunnery. ^[1]

Europe

Europe in 912 AD, around the start of the saeculum obscurum

• German dukes Henry the Fowler 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. Duke Erchanger II of Swabia and Conrad's brother, Duke Eberhard III of Franconia, support the Conradines.
• Orso II Participazio 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 polity. He sacks the cities of Mérida and Évora. ^[2]

Britain

• Lady Æthelflæd expands her policy by building defensive burghs at Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. The fortifications are needed to protect Mercia against plundering Vikings from the Danelaw (Danish territory in England). ^[3]

Arabian Empire

• October 16 – Abd al-Rahman III succeeds his grandfather Abdullah ibn Muhammad (after his execution) and becomes emir of Córdoba (Al-Andalus). ^[4]
• The second rebellion in two years, of the Kutama tribesmen against the Fatimid Caliphate, occurs. ^[5]

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.

By topic

Religion

• Euthymius I is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople, and Nicholas Mystikos is restored.

Births

• November 23 – Otto I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 973)
• Alberic II, princeps and duke of Spoleto (d. 954)
• Frederick I, duke of Upper Lorraine (approximate date)
• Hyejong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 945)
• Ma Xichong, governor and ruler of Chu (d. 951)
• Minamoto no Mitsunaka, Japanese nobleman and samurai (d. 997)
• Nakatsukasa, Japanese waka poet (d. 991)
• 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

• May 11 – Leo VI, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (b. 866)
• May 25 – Xue Yiju, chancellor of Later Liang
• July 18 – Zhu Wen, emperor of Later Liang (b. 852)
• August 15 – Han Jian, Chinese warlord (b. 855)
• October 15 – Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Muslim emir (b. 844)
• October 25 – Rudolph I, king of Burgundy (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. 885)
• Ibn Khordadbeh, Persian geographer
• Notker the Stammerer, Benedictine monk
• Oleg of Novgorod, Varangian prince
• Pietro Tribuno, doge of Venice (approximate date)
• Qusta ibn Luqa, Syrian Melkite physician (b. 820)
• Rudalt, Breton nobleman (approximate date)
• Smbat I, king of Armenia (approximate date)
• Wilferth, bishop of Lichfield (approximate date)
• Zhang Ce, chancellor of Later Liang
• Zhu Youwen, prince of Later Liang

References

1. Ostrogorsky (1969), p. 261.
2. Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN   2-7068-1398-9.
3. Yorke. Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England, p. 123.
4. Rucquoi, Adeline (1993). Histoire médiévale de la Péninsule ibérique. Paris: Seuil. p. 87. ISBN   2-02-012935-3.
5. Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 39.