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AD 966: The Hungarians invade the Bulgarian Empire and force Peter I, emperor of the Bulgarians, to conclude a peace treaty with them.

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AD 932: Prince Edwin, the youngest son of the late King Edward the Elder, is drowned en route to the West Frankish Kingdom and buried at Saint-Bertin.

AD 931: The Ummayad Caliphate of Córdoba invades and conquers the city of Ceuta, which was ruled by the Berber dynasty Banu Isam.

AD 929: Pope Leo VI dies at Rome after a 7-month reign. He is succeeded by Stephen VII as the 124th pope of the Catholic Church.

AD 926: Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: Bulgarian forces under Duke Alogobotur are ambushed and defeated by a Croatian army of King Tomislav, in the mountainous area of Eastern Bosnia.

AD 921: On 7 November, the Treaty of Bonn was signed between Charles III of France and Henry I of Germany in a minimalist ceremony aboard a ship in the middle of the Rhine not far from Bonn, recognizing the border between their two Frankish kingdoms.

AD 919: Following his death, Mara Takla Haymanot is succeeded by his eldest son Tatadim as ruler of the Zagwe Dynasty in Ethiopia.

AD 882: Pope John VIII is assassinated at Rome after a 10-year reign.

AD 877: Photius I is reinstated as patriarch of Constantinople, after the death of Ignatius.

AD 853: The Fraumünster Church in Zürich (modern Switzerland) is founded by Louis the German.

AD 851: The Great Mosque of Samarra (modern Iraq) is completed during the reign of Caliph Al-Mutawakkil.

AD 849: The Battle of Ostia, a naval battle between an Italian league of Papal, Neapolitan, Amalfitan, and Gaetan ships and a Muslim fleet, ended in an Italian victory, bringing an end to the period of Muslim military incursions in Rome.

AD 846: The Arab raid against Rome took place, with plundering taking place in the outskirts of the city, but the city proper being protected by the Aurelian Walls.

AD 843: The Treaty of Verdun was signed, ending the Carolingian civil war and dividing the Carolingian Empire between Lothair I, Louis II and Charles II, the surviving sons of the emperor Louis I.