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[[File:Otto I Manuscriptum Mediolanense c 1200.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Berengar II of Italy|Berengar of Ivrea]] (left) bows to [[Otto I (Holy Roman Empire)|Otto I]].]]
Year '''952''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMLII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place===
==== Europe ====
* Summer &ndash; At the [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Reichstag]] in [[Augsburg]] (assembled by King [[Otto I (Holy Roman Empire)|Otto I]]), joined by German nobles and bishops, [[Berengar II of Italy|Berengar of Ivrea]] pays homage. He becomes a [[vassal]] of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]]. Otto leaves a strong garrison at [[Pavia]] in the hands of his son-in-law [[Conrad the Red]], duke of [[Lotharingia]].<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 247. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref>

==== Scotland ====
* King [[Constantine II of Scotland|Constantine II]] dies at the [[Church of St Mary on the Rock|monastery of St. Andrews]] (where he has been retired since [[943]]). His cousin and ruling monarch, [[Malcolm I]], fights a battle against the Northmen or the [[Norse–Gaels]].<ref>''Early Sources'', p. 451. The corresponding entry in the [[Annals of the Four Masters]], 950, states that the Northmen were the victors, which would suggest that it should be associated with [[Eric Bloodaxe]].</ref>

==== Africa ====
* Summer &ndash; [[Kalbids|Kalbid]] forces under [[Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi]] (an aristocratic member of the ruling [[Fatimid Caliphate]]) sail from [[Emirate of Sicily|Sicily]] and invade Byzantine [[Calabria]]. He attacks several towns, including [[Gerace]] and [[Cassano all'Ionio|Cassono]].

== Births ==
* [[Adelaide of Aquitaine]], French queen consort (or [[945]])
* [[Adela of Hamaland]], Frankish countess and [[regent]] (d. [[1021]])
* [[Fakhr al-Dawla]], emir of [[Gorgan|Gurgan]] and [[Tabaristan]] (d. [[997]])
* [[Sa'd al-Dawla of Aleppo|Sa'd al-Dawla]], Hamdanid emir of [[Aleppo]] (d. [[991]])
* [[Empress Song (Song dynasty)|Song]], Chinese empress consort (d. [[995]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Murong Yanchao]], Chinese general
* [[July 17]] &ndash; [[Wu Hanyue]], Chinese [[Nobility|noblewoman]] (b. [[913]])
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[Emperor Suzaku|Suzaku]], emperor of [[Japan]] (b. [[923]])
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Gao Xingzhou]], Chinese general (b. [[885]])
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Hugh the Black]], duke of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]]
*''date unknown''
** [[Alan II, Duke of Brittany|Alan II]] ('''Wrybeard'''), duke of [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]] 
** [[Constantine II of Scotland|Constantine II]], king of [[Kingdom of Alba|Alba]] ([[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]])<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Lynch |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Oxford companion to Scottish history |date=February 24, 2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199693054 |page=106}}</ref>
** [[Li Jianxun]], Chinese official and [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]]
** [[Mansur ibn Qara-Tegin]], Samanid governor
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