A Sampler of Events That Made History Between 900 AD and 999 AD
954 - Lotharius becomes king of France 902 - Aghlabidisch emir Ibrahim II destroys Taormina, Sicily 946 - Caliph al-Mustaqfi blinded/ousted 988 - Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders 979 - Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England 930 - World's oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established 911 - Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines 942 - Alberic nominates Pope Marinus II (Martinus III) 989 - Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas 918 - Balderik becomes bishop of Utrecht
