924

This article is about the year 924. For the car, see Porsche 924. For the sleep disorder, see Non-24.

Year 924 (CMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century 10th century 11th century
Decades:	900s 910s 920s 930s 940s
Years:	921 922 923 924 925 926 927

924 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	924 CMXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1677
Armenian calendar	373 ԹՎ ՅՀԳ
Assyrian calendar	5674
Balinese saka calendar	845–846
Bengali calendar	331
Berber calendar	1874
Buddhist calendar	1468
Burmese calendar	286
Byzantine calendar	6432–6433
Chinese calendar	癸未年 (Water Goat) 3621 or 3414     — to — 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3622 or 3415
Coptic calendar	640–641
Discordian calendar	2090
Ethiopian calendar	916–917
Hebrew calendar	4684–4685
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	980–981
- Shaka Samvat	845–846
- Kali Yuga	4024–4025
Holocene calendar	10924
Iranian calendar	302–303
Islamic calendar	311–312
Japanese calendar	Enchō 2 (延長２年)
Javanese calendar	823–824
Julian calendar	924 CMXXIV
Korean calendar	3257
Minguo calendar	988 before ROC 民前988年
Nanakshahi calendar	−544
Seleucid era	1235/1236 AG
Thai solar calendar	1466–1467
Tibetan calendar	阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 1050 or 669 or −103     — to — 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 1051 or 670 or −102

King Æthelstan (c. 894–939) presenting a book to Cuthbert (shrine of Chester-le-Street)

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Forces led by Simeon I, ruler (knyaz) of the Bulgarian Empire, arrive before the walls of Constantinople, after they have pillaged the suburbs of the capital. Simeon meets Emperor Romanos I on the Golden Horn to arrange a truce, according to which he pays the Bulgarians an annual tax. Simeon in return cedes back some cities on the Black Sea coast.^[1]

Europe

• Spring – King Berengar I makes a new alliance with the Hungarians who, following his death, sack and burn the city of Pavia. They cross the Alps via the St. Bernard Pass, where Provence and Septimania (Southern France) are pillaged. Hungarian forces penetrate as far as the Pyrenees.^[2]
• Summer – King Ordoño II of Galicia dies after a 14-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother Fruela II, reuniting Asturias now known as the Kingdom of León. Fruela, who is not popular with the nobles, has assassinated the sons of Olmundo, possible descendants of the Visigothic king Wittiza.
• Fall – Bulgarian–Serbian War: Tsar Simeon I sends a punitive expedition force against Serbia, led by Theodore Sigritsa and Marmais, but they are ambushed and defeated. Zaharija, prince of the Serbs, sends their heads and armour later to Constantinople (approximate date).
• Winter – The Hungarians invade Saxony and force King Henry I (the Fowler) to retreat into the Castle of Werla. He makes a pact and agrees to pay them tribute for 9 years. They return to the Po Valley and sack the cities of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua (Northern Italy).

Britain

• July 17 – King Edward the Elder dies at Farndon after a 25-year reign in which he has gained direct control over Mercia, including the Danish-occupied areas. He is succeeded by his eldest son Æthelstan, who will reign as King of England (see 927). He continues his father's conquest of the Danelaw north of the Thames-Lea line from the Vikings. His half-brother Alfweard who also claims the kingship dies on August 2.

Asia

• Emperor Taizu of the Liao Dynasty leads a campaign to the West. He reaches the former capital of the Uyghur Kingdom on the Orkhon River. The Zubu begin to pay tribute to the Khitan Empire.
• Emperor Zhuang Zong of Later Tang bestows the chancellor title on Gao Jixing (Prince of Nanping) and creates the Nanping State (Central China). The Qi State falls to Later Tang.
• March – The Qarmatians of Bahrayn attack and destroy the returning Hajj caravans at al-Habir,^[3] leading to the downfall and execution of the Abbasid Caliphate's vizier, Ibn al-Furat.^[4]

Births

• Fujiwara no Koretada, Japanese statesman and waka poet (d. 972)
• Fujiwara no Yoritada, Japanese nobleman and regent (d. 989)
• Gao Baoxu, king of Nanping (Ten Kingdoms) (d. 962)
• Li Jingda, prince of Southern Tang (d. 971)
• Nyaung-u Sawrahan, king of the Pagan dynasty (d. 1001)
• Đinh Bộ Lĩnh, Emperor of Viet Nam (d.979)

Deaths

• January 20 – Li Jitao, general of Later Tang
• April 7 – Berengar I, king of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor
• April 11 – Herman I, archbishop of Cologne
• May 17 – Li Maozhen, Chinese warlord and king (b. 856)
• June 16 – Li Cunshen, general of Later Tang (b. 862)
• July 17 – Edward the Elder, king of Wessex
• July 18 – Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat, Abbasid vizier (b. 855)
• August 2 – Ælfweard, son of Edward the Elder
• Damian of Tarsus, Muslim governor
• Gyeongmyeong, king of Silla (Korea)
• Marmais, Bulgarian nobleman
• Ordoño II, king of Galicia and León
• Raymond II, Frankish nobleman
• Theodore Sigritsa, Bulgarian minister
• Yuan Xiangxian, Chinese general
• Zaharija, prince of Serbia (approximate date)

References

1. Runciman, A history of the First Bulgarian Empire, pp. 169–172.
2. Timothy Reuter (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 543. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
3. Halm, Heinz (1991). Das Reich des Mahdi: Der Aufstieg der Fatimiden [The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids] (in German). Munich: C. H. Beck. pp. 226–227. ISBN 3-406-35497-1.
4. Kennedy, Hugh (2004). The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (Second ed.). Harlow: Longman. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-0-582-40525-7.