930 - 949 A.D.

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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)