971: Jan 23 War elephant corps of the Southern Han defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty
troops; Southern Han state forced to submit to the Song Dynasty. 1st regular war elephant corps
in Chinese army

960: Feb 4 Coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of the Song, initiating three centuries
of Song Dynasty dominance in southern China

951: Sep 23 Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy

942: Oct 30 Alberic nominates Pope Marinus II (Martinus III)

942: Dec 17 Assassination of William I Longsword, 2nd Duke of Normandy

930: Jun 23 World's oldest parliament, the Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi (anglicised as Althing
or Althingi), established

920: Jul 26 Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at
Pamplona

920: Dec 17 Romanos I is crowned as co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII.

911: Jul 11 Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of
Normandy

911: Sep 2 Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines

911: Oct 1 During a siege in Constantinople, the Theotokos (Mary, the mother of Jesus) appeared
at the church in Blachernae holding her veil over the praying faithful, among them St. Andrew of
Constantinople.

911: Nov 8 Duke Koenraad I chosen German king

911: Nov 10 Conrad I of Germany [Conrad the Younger] elected as King of East Francia

902: Aug 1 Aghlabid emir Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya destroys Taormina, Sicily