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Events

By Place

Africa

* The Aghlabid dynasty in North Africa is overthrown by the Fatimids.

Asia

* The Min Kingdom is established in today's Fujian Province, with Fuzhou (then known as Changle) as its capital, by Wang Shenzhi.

Europe

* Cluny Abbey is founded by William I, Count of Auvergne.

Births

* Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury
* Æthelwold of Winchester, bishop, leader of the monastic reform movement

Deaths

* May 9 — Adalgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
* Gerald of Aurillac, French saint
* Aribo of Austria, Margrave of the Carolingian March
* Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster
* Cadell ap Rhodri, Prince of Seisyllwg
* Fujiwara no Tokihira, Japanese noble, regent under the Emperors of Japan
* Luo Yin, statesman and poet of the Tang Dynasty (born 833)