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[[File:Hywel Dda.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Hywel Dda]] ('''the Good''') (c. 880–950)]]
Year '''928''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* King [[Rudolph of France|Rudolph I]] loses the support of [[Herbert II, Count of Vermandois|Herbert II]], count of [[Vermandois]], who controls the prison at [[Péronne, Somme|Péronne]] in which former King [[Charles the Simple|Charles III]] ('''the Simple''') is imprisoned. Herbert brings him before [[William I Longsword|William I]] ('''Longsword'''), count of [[Duchy of Normandy|Rouen]], for homage and then to [[Reims|Rheims]] as leverage to blackmail Rudolph to make him cede sovereignty over [[Laon]] (Northern [[France]]).
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Louis the Blind|Louis III]] ('''the Blind'''), former king of [[Provence]] ([[Lower Burgundy]]), dies at [[Arles]] after a 27-year reign (of which 23 are sightless). He is succeeded by his brother-in-law [[Hugh of Italy|Hugh I]] who is [[King of Italy]]. With the approval of his kinsman Rudolph I, Hugh strips Louis's son and heir, [[Charles Constantine of Vienne|Charles Constantine]], of his inheritance and proclaims himself as ruler of Provence.
* Winter &ndash; King [[Henry the Fowler|Henry I]] ('''the Fowler''')  subdues the [[Polabian Slavs]] who live on the eastern borders. He then marches against the Slavic [[Hevelli]] tribes and seizes their capital, [[Brandenburg an der Havel|Brandenburg]]. Henry invades the [[Glomacze]] lands in the middle [[Elbe]] valley, where he [[Siege|besieges]] and destroys the main castle called Gana (the later [[Albrechtsburg]]) at [[Meissen]] ([[Saxony]]).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Barford|first=Paul M.|title=The Early Slavs: Culture and Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe|publisher=Cornell University Press|location=Ithaca|year=2001|page=421|isbn=0-8014-3977-9}}</ref>

==== Britain ====
* King [[Hywel Dda]] ('''the Good''') of [[Deheubarth]] makes a [[pilgrimage]] to [[Rome]], he becomes the first [[Wales|Welsh]] ruler to undertake such a trip. Hywel begins the codification of [[Cyfraith Hywel|medieval Welsh law]] and mints his own [[coin]]age.

==== Italy ====
* Summer &ndash; A [[Fatimid]] fleet under [[Sabir al-Fata]] raids [[Byzantine]] [[southern Italy]]. It captures a locality named {{transliteration|ar|al-Ghiran}} ('the caves') in [[Apulia]] and sacks the cities of [[Taranto]] and [[Otranto]]. The inhabitants are carried off to North Africa as slaves.<ref>{{Das Reich des Mahdi|pages=214–215}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[Ishanavarman II]] dies after a 5-year reign and is succeeded by his uncle [[Jayavarman IV]] as king of the [[Khmer Empire]] (modern [[Cambodia]]). He moves the capital north from [[Angkor]] to [[Koh Ker]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* Summer &ndash; Pope [[Pope John X|John X]] is deposed and imprisoned in [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] at Rome by order of the Roman senatrix [[Marozia]] after a 14-year reign. He is succeeded by [[Pope Leo VI|Leo VI]] as the 123rd [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].
* Leo VI abolishes the [[Nin, Croatia|Nin]] Bishopric and transfers bishop [[Gregory of Nin|Gregory]] ({{langx|hr|Grgur Ninski}}) to [[Skradin]]. This ends the long running dispute between the [[Split, Croatia|Split]] and Nin Bishoprics in the [[Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)|Croatian kingdom]].
* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Tryphon of Constantinople|Tryphon]] succeeds [[Stephen II of Constantinople|Stephen II]] as [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]] (until [[931]]).
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== Births ==
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Qian Hongzuo]], king of [[Wuyue]] (d. [[947]])
* [[Dub, King of Scotland|Dub mac Maíl Coluīm]], king of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] (d. [[967]])
* [[Pietro I Orseolo]], doge of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]] (d. [[987]])
* [[Qian Hongzong]], king of Wuyue (d. [[971]])
* [[Shi Shouxin]], Chinese general (d. [[984]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Zhao Guangfeng]], Chinese official and chancellor
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Louis the Blind]], Frankish king and [[Holy Roman Emperor]]
* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Stephen II of Constantinople|Stephen II]], patriarch of [[Constantinople]]
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Duan Ning]], Chinese general
* [[Al-Layth|Al-Layth ibn Ali ibn al-Layth]], Saffarid [[emir]]
* [[Diogo Fernandes (count)|Diogo Fernandes]], count of [[County of Portugal|Portugal]] 
* [[Huo Yanwei]], Chinese general (b. [[872]])
* [[Ishanavarman II]], king of the [[Khmer Empire]]
* [[Pope John X|John X]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]]
* [[Siyahchashm]], Justanid ruler (''[[mahdi]]'') 
* [[Tomislav of Croatia|Tomislav]], duke and king of [[Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)|Croatia]]
* [[Empress Dowager Wang (Rui)|Wang]], empress dowager of [[Wu (Ten Kingdoms)|Wu]]
* [[Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj]], Sajid emir
* [[Zhang Juhan]], Chinese official (b. [[858]])

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