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(Feature Photo: Frontispiece of of Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert of Athelstan, showing Athelstan, king of the English, presenting a copy of the book to the saint himself, circa 930; Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Source: Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, England)
930
RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelstan is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) –
931
RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelstan is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) –
932
RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelstan is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) –
The name Majerit (Madrid) first appears in writing when the Christian king Ramiro II of León razed the Arab town’s walls (Encyclopedia Britannica)
933
RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelstan is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) –
934
RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelstan is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) –
Abdallah (first Fatimid Caliphate of North Africa) dies
935
RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelstan is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) –
Silla kingdoms (the Silla kingdom had fragmented into three kingdoms) come to an end when they hand over power to Goryeo (another kingdom)
936
RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelstan is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" becomes king of Germany
August 7, Otto I "The Great" is crowned as king of Germany
(Photo: Throne in Aachen Cathedral in Germany where Otto I was crowned as king of Germany, Credit: Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons)
937
RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelstan is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
938
RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelstan is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
939
RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelstan, king of the English, dies and his brother Edmund I succeeds him – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
October 27, Athelstan, king of the English, dies, and his brother, Edmund I, succeeds him
940
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edmund I is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
941
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edmund I is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
942
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edmund I is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
943
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edmund I is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
944
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edmund I is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
945
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edmund I is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
946
RULERS & ROYALTY: Edmund I, king of the English, dies, and his brother Eadred succeeds him – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
May 26, Edmund I, king of the English, dies and his brother Eadred, succeeds him
947
RULERS & ROYALTY: Eadred is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
948
RULERS & ROYALTY: Eadred is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)
949
RULERS & ROYALTY: Eadred is king of the English – García Sánchez I is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in the present-day Basque region of Spain) – Otto I "The Great" is king of Germany (was originally called East Francia)