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Asia
Saadia Gaon compiles his siddur (Jewish prayer book) in Iraq.
Narita-san Temple is founded in Chiba, Japan.
The Liao Dynasty abolishes the requirement that a younger sister replace an older sister who died in marriage.
Europe
The oldest known Danish king, Gorm the Old, takes the throne.
Construction begins on the main forts in Greater Poland: Giecz, Bnin, Ląd, Gniezno, Poznań, Grzybowo. All the forts are constructed rapidly between 939 and 942.
Asia
c. May–September – The Rus'–Byzantine War is fought.
Religion
Oda is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in England.
Approximate date – Kaminarimon, the eight-pillared gate to the Sensō-ji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan, is erected.
Asia
The Chavda Kingdom is overthrown in Gujarat, on the Indian subcontinent.
Europe
December 17 – William I, Duke of Normandy, is ambushed by supporters of Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, while the two are at a peace conference to settle their differences.
Hywel Dda, king of Deheubarth, annexes Gwynedd and Powys, to become ruler of most of Wales.
A Hungarian army attacks Umayyad Spain. They besiege the cities of Lerida, Cerdanya, Huesca, than they capture Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn al Tawil, the ruler of the town Barbastro.
Religion
October 30 – Pope Marinus II succeeds Pope Stephen VIII, as the 128th pope.
April – The Hungarians force Byzantine emperor Romanos I to pay them tribute for 5 years.
August 12 – Bavarians defeat the Hungarians at Wels.
King Constantine II of Scotland retires and becomes a monk, succeeded by his cousin Malcolm I of Scotland.
Caspian expeditions of the Rus: The city of Barda, Azerbaijan is captured.
The triangular bridge at Croyland is described, in the Charter of Eadred.
Africa
The city of Algiers is (re)founded, by the Zirid king Buluggin ibn Ziri.
Abu Yazid launches a rebellion against the Fatimids, in the Aures Mountains.
Asia
The Al-Askari Mosque is built in Samarra (present-day Iraq).
Sovereign Kaiyun ascends to power, as part of the Later Jìn Dynasty in China.
The Byzantines under Pantherios are defeated by Sayf al-Daula, in northern Syria.
Snow falls in the city of Baghdad.
October 29 - Sayf al-Dawla captures Aleppo, and extends his control over northern Syria.
Europe
A great storm sweeps across England, and many houses are destroyed, 1,500 in London alone (a significant proportion of the town).
King Edmund I of England takes Northumbria from the Vikings.
Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos is deposed as Byzantine emperor by his own sons, Stephen Lekapenos and Constantine Lekapenos.
Asia
The Buyid dynasty takes control of Baghdad (but does not supplant the local caliphate).
The Min Kingdom is taken over by the Southern Tang Kingdom in China.
May: The Hamdanid Sayf al-Dawla is defeated by Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid near Qinnasrin, and forced to abandon his Syrian domains and flee to Raqqa. Nevertheless, in October the two men come to an agreement, which recognizes Hamdanid rule over northern Syria, founding the Emirate of Aleppo.
Europe
Edmund I of England conquers Strathclyde, forms an alliance with Malcolm I of Scotland, and cedes Cumberland and Westmorland to him.
Hywel Dda convenes a conference at Whitland, which reforms the laws of Wales.
Lothair II of Italy takes control of Italy (until 950).
The sons of Romanos I Lekapenos are overthrown barely a month after deposing their father, and Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII reigns alone.
Abd-ar-Rahman III first occupies the palace of Medina Azahara as the new capital of the Emirate of Córdoba.
Religion
Dunstan becomes Abbot of Glastonbury in England.
Asia
Emperor Murakami succeeds Emperor Suzaku as Emperor of Japan.
Battle of Baghdad (946): The Buyid Emirate defeats the Hamdanid Emirate, for control of the city.
c. November 3 – Super-colossal (VEI-7) eruption of Paektu Mountain on modern North Korea-China border.
Europe
Eadred I succeeds his brother as king of England.
Religion
May 10 – Pope Agapitus II succeeds Pope Marinus II, as the 129th pope.
Asia
The Later Jin falls to the Later Han (founded by Gaozu of Later Han) in China.
The Khitan Empire adopts the dynastic name "Great Liao".
Masudi completes the first version of The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems, an important history book.
Europe
Horsham in West Sussex gets its first mention, in King Eadred's Charter.
Africa
The Nri Kingdom (in what is now Southeastern Nigeria) is started by Eri.
Asia
Hu Jinsi deposes King Qian Hongzong of Wuyue, and establishes his younger brother Qian Hongchu as king instead.
The Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of the most significant Hindu temples in the Jaffna district of Sri Lanka, is built.
The Byzantines raid into Syria, but are defeated by Sayf al-Daula. Leo Phokas, however, sacks and razes Adata.
Europe
Otto I the Great founds the missionary dioceses of Brandenburg, Havelberg, Ribe, Aarhus, and Schleswig.
The St Albans School in St Albans, England is founded.
Tormás and Bulcsu, leaders of the Hungarians, are baptised in Constantinople by Emperor Constantine VII.
Asia
Sayf al-Dawla raids into the Byzantine theme of Lykandos, but is defeated. The Byzantines counter-attack and seize Germanikeia, defeating an army from Tarsus, and raiding as far south as Antioch. Theophilos Kourkouas captures Theodosiopolis for Byzantium.
Europe
The Byzantine Empire launches another expedition against the Emirate of Crete. The overconfident Byzantine troops, under Constantine Gongyles, are defeated in a surprise attack by the Arabs and flee.
Hungarians defeat a Bavarian army at Laa.
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