936

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Events

By Place

Asia

* King Taejo of Goryeo (Wanggeon) defeats Hubaekje.
* The Later Tang Dynasty falls to the Later Jin Dynasty, founded by Shi Jingtang (posthumously known as Gaozu of Later Jin) in China.
* The Sixteen Prefectures, which includes the area around modern-day Beijing, are absorbed by the Khitan Empire.
* Prince Bei, elder brother of the Liao Dynasty emperor, is murdered by the Later Tang Dynasty.
* Ibn Muqlah, Islamic calligrapher, is disgraced and imprisoned in Baghdad.

Europe

* Otto I is the first German king to be crowned in Aachen.

By Topic

Religion

* January 3 — Pope Leo VII succeeds Pope John XI as the 126th pope.

Births

* Abu al-Qasim, Moorish scholar
* Li Houzhu, last Chinese emperor of the Southern Tang (d. 978)

Deaths

* Henry the Fowler, German king
* Gyeonhwon, King of Hubaekje (cancer)
* Yelü Bei

Gematria

In Gematria the number 936 is the numeric equivalent of the Hebrew word Shalom, meaning Peace. [Godwin, David. 2004. Godwin's Cabalistic Encyclopedia. Llellyn Publications.]

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