939
This article is about the year 939. For the CPU socket, see
Socket 939 .
Calendar year
The tomb of King Æthelstan (c. 894–939).
Year 939 (CMXXXIX ) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .
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Europe
Hugh the Great , count of Paris , rebels against King Louis IV ("d'Outremer") and gains support from William I , duke of Normandy . Hugh, along with Herbert II , count of Vermandois , Arnulf I , count of Flanders and William pay homage to King Otto I (ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom ), and support him in his struggle against Louis.[ 1]
July 19 – Battle of Simancas : Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III of Córdoba claims a Jihad ('Holy War') and raises an army of 100,000 men to end the Kingdom of León . He razes the cities of Medina del Campo , Ìscar and Alcazarén (previously abandoned by their population) and finally, reaches the city of Simancas (near modern-day Valladolid ), where Christian forces under King Ramiro II wait for him. After three days, Ramiro defeats the Moorish army with an alliance of Castile and Navarre . Abd-al-Rahman orders a retreat along the Duero River , and is almost killed,[ 2] due, most likely, to treason by Arab elements in the Moorish army.
August 1 – Battle of Trans-la-Forêt : Bretons defeat Viking occupiers.
August 5 – Battle of Alhandic : Abd-al-Rahman III defeats the garrison of those loyal to Ramiro II at Zamora , in the context of the Spanish Reconquista .
October 2 – Battle of Andernach : Otto I crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard III , duke of Franconia , and other Frankish dukes, in Andernach on the Rhine River . Otto prevails, with support from Odo of Wetterau . Eberhard is killed while Gilbert , duke of Lotharingia (or Lorraine ) drowns when trying to escape.
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References
^ The Annals of Flodoard of Reims; 919-966 , Ed, & Trans. Steven Fanning & Bernard S. Bachrach (University of Toronto Press, 2011), p. 32.
^ "Abd-al-Rahman III". Encyclopædia Britannica . I: A-Ak - Bayes (15th edit.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2010. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8 .
^ Kevin Halloran, "Anlaf Guthfrithson at York", pp. 180–185.
^ Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Taira no Masakado" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 926. , p. 926, at Google Books .
^ Vo, Nghia. Legends of Vietnam: An Analysis and Retelling of 88 Tales , p. 52 (McFarland, 2012).
^ "Athelstan | king of England | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved February 20, 2022 .