930

Year 930 (CMXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
930 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar930
CMXXX
Ab urbe condita1683
Armenian calendar379
ԹՎ ՅՀԹ
Assyrian calendar5680
Balinese saka calendar851–852
Bengali calendar337
Berber calendar1880
Buddhist calendar1474
Burmese calendar292
Byzantine calendar6438–6439
Chinese calendar己丑年 (Earth Ox)
3626 or 3566
     to 
庚寅年 (Metal Tiger)
3627 or 3567
Coptic calendar646–647
Discordian calendar2096
Ethiopian calendar922–923
Hebrew calendar4690–4691
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat986–987
 - Shaka Samvat851–852
 - Kali Yuga4030–4031
Holocene calendar10930
Iranian calendar308–309
Islamic calendar317–318
Japanese calendarEnchō 8
(延長8年)
Javanese calendar829–830
Julian calendar930
CMXXX
Korean calendar3263
Minguo calendar982 before ROC
民前982年
Nanakshahi calendar−538
Seleucid era1241/1242 AG
Thai solar calendar1472–1473
Tibetan calendar阴土牛年
(female Earth-Ox)
1056 or 675 or −97
     to 
阳金虎年
(male Iron-Tiger)
1057 or 676 or −96
Emperor Daigo 897-930

Events

Europe

  • 17 June (traditional date) – The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is established at þingvellir ("Thing Fields"). Chieftains from various tribes assemble for 2 weeks (at a thing) to settle disputes, arrange marriages, etc.; it continues in existence into the 21st century, as the world's oldest parliament of the Icelandic Commonwealth.
  • Bishopwearmouth is formed and settled in England, after Æthelstan grants the lands to the Bishop of Durham.
  • Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine besieges Douai in West Francia.

Arabian Empire

  • Hajj Qarmatians, led by Abu Tahir al-Jannabi, sack Mecca, desecrating the Zamzam Well, and carrying off the Black Stone.
  • Mardavij ibn Ziyar is sent by Asfar ibn Shiruya along with his brother Shirzad, to capture the fortress of Shamiran in Tarom (Northern Iran), the capital of the Sallarid ruler Muhammad ibn Musafir. During the siege Mardavij is persuaded to revolt against Asfar, by letters from Makan ibn Kaki. With the help of the sons of the Sallarid, he kills other members of his tribe, including Shirzad. Mardavij founds the Ziyarid Dynasty and becomes the ruler of Asfar's former territories, which include Rey, Qazvin, Zanjan, Abhar, Qom and Karaj.

Asia

  • October 16 Emperor Daigo, being fatally ill, abdicates in favor of his 7-year-old son Suzaku, after a 33-year reign. He enters the Buddhist priesthood, but dies shortly after. Former Emperor Uda (Daigo's father), remains the power behind the Japanese throne (until 931).
  • The independent Korean island state of Usan-guk becomes a protectorate of Goryeo.
  • Yelü Bei, prince and elder brother of the Khitan Emperor Tai Zong, leaves for China.

Births

  • Alferius, Italian abbot and saint (d. 1050)
  • Boleslaus II, duke of Bohemia (d. 999)
  • Gisulf I, prince of Salerno (d. 977)
  • Herbert of Wetterau, German nobleman (d. 992)
  • Lambert of Chalon, Frankish nobleman (d. 978)
  • Liudolf, duke of Swabia (approximate date) (d. 957)
  • Mieszko I, prince of Poland (approximate date) (d. 992)
  • Nikon the Metanoeite, Byzantine monk (d. 998)
  • Odo I, German nobleman (approximate date) (d. 993)
  • Ya'qub ibn Killis, Fatimid vizier (d. 991)
  • Zhang Mi, Chinese Ci lyric poet (d. unknown)

Deaths

Emperor Daigo
  • October 26 Li Qi, chancellor of Later Liang (b. 871)
  • November 19 Yan Keqiu, Chinese chief strategist
  • December 2 Ma Yin, Chinese warlord and king (b. 853)
  • Amoghavarsha II, ruler of Rashtrakuta (India)
  • García II Sánchez, duke of Gascony (approximate date)
  • Sharwin II, ruler of the Bavand Dynasty (Iran)
  • Xia Luqi, general of Later Tang (b. 882)
  • Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, Egyptian mathematician (b. c.850)
  • Óengus mac Óengusa, Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland

References

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