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

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Asia

  • Emperor Taizu of Liao leads another campaign to the west, reaching the former Uyghur capital on the Orkhon River. The Zubu begin to offer tribute to the Khitans.
  • Goryeo sends a second mission to Abaoji of the Khitan.
  • The Nanping State is founded by Gao Jichang in central China.
  • The Qi State in northwest China falls to the Later Tang.
  • Battle of Sevan: Armenians force back Arab invaders.

    • Europe

  • King Athelstan succeeds to the throne of Mercia.
  • March 24 – A Hungarian army, led by Szalard, burns the city of Pavia in Italy. They then pillage Provence, southern France and Gothia.
  • A Hungarian army attacks Saxony, and forces the German king Henry the Fowler to retreat in the castle of Werla. The king agrees to pay them tribute for 9 years.

    • Births

  • Fujiwara no Koretada, Japanese nobleman (d. 972)
  • Fujiwara no Yoritada, Japanese nobleman (d. 989)

    • Deaths

  • July 17 – Edward the Elder of England
  • July 18 – Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat, Abbasid vizier (b. 855)
  • August 2 – Ælfweard of Wessex, son of Edward the Elder
  • Damian of Tarsus, Muslim governor of Tarsus
  • Fruela II of León
  • Li Maozhen
  • Ordoño II of León

    • References

    924 Wikipedia
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