Events 904




1 events

1.1 place

1.1.1 byzantine empire
1.1.2 europe
1.1.3 britain
1.1.4 arabian empire
1.1.5 china


1.2 topic

1.2.1 religion







events
by place
byzantine empire

july 29 – sack of thessalonica: muslim fleet, led greek renegade leo of tripoli, appears of thessalonica , begins attack after short , silent inspection of fortification of city. after attacks sea 2 days, saracens able storm city walls, overcome thessalonian s resistance , capture city. sacking continue full week, before raiders depart base in levant. having freed 4,000 muslim prisoners , capturing 60 ships, , gaining large loot , carries off 22,000 men , woman slaves.
arab–byzantine war: byzantines under andronikos doukas, along eustathios argyros, campaign against abbasids , defeat muslim garrisons of mopsuestia , tarsos, near marash (modern turkey).
emperor leo vi (the wise) forced sign peace treaty simeon i, ruler (knyaz) of bulgarian empire. slavic-inhabited lands of macedonia , southern albania ceded bulgarians.

europe

summer – king louis iv (the child) invites kurszán, hungarian leader (gyula) of magyar tribal confederation, , entourage negotiate @ fischa river, killed in ambush.
in portugal, third time in less 30 years, christians take control of coimbra, time century.

britain

prince hywel ap cadell of seisyllwg (wales) marries princess elen of dyfed. death of latter s father, king llywarch ap hyfaidd. throne of dyfed claimed llywarch s brother, rhodri ap hyfaidd, forced flee hywel s armies.

arabian empire

winter – shayban ibn ahmad ibn tulun succeeds nephew harun ibn khumarawayh emir of tulunid dynasty, killed in mutiny during invasion of egypt abbasid caliphate.

china

september 22 – warlord zhu quanzhong kills emperor zhao zong, along family , many ministers, after seizing control of imperial government. zhu places zhao zong s 13-year-old son ai (li zhou) on imperial throne puppet ruler of tang dynasty.
chang an, capital of tang dynasty , largest city in ancient world, destroyed.

by topic
religion

january 29 – pope sergius iii succeeds leo v , deposed antipope christopher (both of whom murdered or exiled) 119th pope of catholic church. ascension of sergius marks beginning of pornocracy ( rule of whores ), last 150 years. during time, clergy sidelined , rule on rome dominated roman nobility.
sergius iii allies himself theophylact i, count of tusculum, becomes ruler of rome , papal administration. sergius rewards him (for support , rise of power) position of sacri palatii vestararius , becomes puppet.







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