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Year '''922''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Summer &ndash; [[Battle of Constantinople (922)|Battle of Constantinople]]: Emperor [[Romanos I Lekapenos|Romanos I]] sends [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] troops to repel another [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian]] raid at the outskirts of [[Constantinople]]. The Byzantines storm the Bulgarian camp, but are defeated when they are confronted by the main Bulgarian forces. Having won the battle, the Bulgarians lack the maritime power to conduct a successful [[siege]] of Constantinople.<ref name="skylitzes252">"Synopsis of Histories by John Skylitzes" in GIBI, vol. VI, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, [http://www.promacedonia.org/gibi/6/gal/6_252.html p. 252]</ref>
==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; The West Frankish [[Nobility|nobles]] revolt and depose King [[Charles the Simple|Charles III]] ('''the Simple''') after a 24-year reign. He seeks refuge in [[Lotharingia]] and is replaced by [[Robert I of France|Robert I]], a brother of the late King [[Odo of France|Odo]], who is crowned king of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]] in the cathedral at [[Reims|Rheims]].<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III'', p. 379. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref>
* [[Adalbert I of Ivrea|Adalbert I]], margrave of [[March of Ivrea|Ivrea]], leads a rebellion with the support of the Italian nobles against King [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]]. He crosses the [[Alps]] into [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]] and invites [[Rudolph II of Burgundy|Rudolph II]] of [[Upper Burgundy]] to invade [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]]. Berengar flees again to [[Verona]] and Rudolph is crowned [[King of Italy]] at [[Pavia]].<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III'', p. 340. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref>
=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Mansur Al-Hallaj|Mansur al-Hallaj]], a Persian [[Mysticism|mystic]] writer, is sentenced to death for [[heresy]] after a long trial at [[Baghdad]]. Having supported reform in the [[Abbasid Caliphate]], he has been seen as a rabble-rouser, and is [[Flagellation|flogged]], mutilated and executed (by [[Decapitation|beheading]]).
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== Births ==
* [[Hedwig of Nordgau]], countess of [[County of Luxemburg|Luxemburg]] (approximate date)
* [[Ibn Abi Zayd]], Muslim [[imam]] and scholar (d. [[996]])
* [[Ki no Tokibumi]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] and ''[[Waka poetry|waka]]'' poet (d. 996)
* [[Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes|Sigfried]], founder of Luxemburg (approximate date)
* [[Wang Pu (Song dynasty)|Wang Pu]], Chinese chancellor and writer (d. [[982]])
== Deaths ==
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Theodora (wife of Romanos I)|Theodora]], Byzantine empress
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Mansur Al-Hallaj|Mansur al-Hallaj]], Persian [[Mysticism|mystic]] writer
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Li Sizhao]], Chinese general and governor
* [[Æthelweard (son of Alfred)|Æthelweard]], son of [[Alfred the Great]] of England (or [[920]])
* [[Al-Nayrizi]], Persian [[mathematician]] and astronomer (b. [[865]])
* [[Fortún Garcés of Pamplona|Fortún Garcés]] ("the Monk"), king of [[Kingdom of Navarre|Pamplona]]
* [[Galindo II Aznárez]], count of [[County of Aragon|Aragon]] ([[Spain]])
* [[Li Cunjin]], general of the [[Tang dynasty]] (b. [[857]])
* [[Li Cunzhang]], general of the Tang dynasty
* [[Lucídio Vimaranes]], count of [[County of Portugal|Portugal]]
* [[Ma Chuo]], general and official of [[Wuyue]] (or [[923]])
* [[Wang Chuzhi]], Chinese [[warlord]] (b. [[862]])
* [[Zhang Chengye]], Chinese [[eunuch]] official (b. [[846]])
* [[Zhang Chujin]], Chinese governor (''[[jiedushi]]'')
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