Events

By place

Europe

• Arnulf of Carinthia defeats the Normans at the Battle of Leuven.

• April – Duke Guy of Spoleto is crowned Roman Emperor.

• The forces of Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Emir of Córdoba, defeat those of the rebel Umar ibn Hafsun at Poley in southern Spain.

By topic

Religion

• October 6 – Pope Formosus succeeds Pope Stephen V as the 111th pope.

Births

• Abd ar-Rahman III, emir and first Caliph of Córdoba

• Gao Conghui

Deaths

• February 6 – Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople

• Fujiwara no Mototsune, Japanese regent

• Pope Stephen V