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Year 928 (CMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Asia

  • Dao Kang Di succeeds Gong Hui Di, and is followed in the same year by Tai Zu, all of the Dali Gu Dynasty in southeast China.
  • Jayavarman IV succeeds Isanavarman II in the Khmer Empire, and moves the capital north from Angkor to Koh Ker.

    • Europe

  • Henry the Fowler conquers Brandenburg from the Slavs.
  • Marozia and Guy of Tuscany seize power in Rome, imprisoning and then killing Pope John X.
  • During the reign of Croatian king Trpimir II, Pope Leo VI abolishes the Nin Bishopric and transfers Bishop Gregory (Croatian: Grgur Ninski) to Skradin. This ends the long running dispute between the Split and Nin Bishoprics.

    • Religion

  • May – Pope Leo VI succeeds Pope John X, as the 123rd pope.
  • December – Pope Stephen VII succeeds Pope Leo VI, as the 124th pope.
  • Tryphon succeeds Stephanus II, as Patriarch of Constantinople.

    • Deaths

  • Louis the Blind, King of Provence
  • Tomislav, King of Croatia (missing, presumed dead)
  • Empress Dowager Wang (Rui)

    • References

    928 Wikipedia
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