935

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Year 935 (CMXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Africa

• A third attempt to conquer Egypt by the Tunisia-based Shi'ite Fatimid dynasty fails.
• Ziri ibn Manad initiates the construction of the fortress of Ashir, near Médéa. It symbolizes the rise of the Zirid dynasty in the Western Mediterranean region.^[1]

Europe

• Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia is murdered by his brother Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia.
• Estimation: Córdoba, capital of Al-Andalus, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Baghdad, capital of Abbasid caliph Ar-Radi.^[2]
• Václav (Saint Wenceslas), Duke of the Bohemians, is murdered by his brother, Boleslav, who succeeds him.
• Haakon the Good, son of Harald Fairhair, once again reunites the Norwegian lands.
• Genoa sacked by Saracens under Yakub ibn Ishaq.

Asia

• Mardavij was murdered in Isfahan by his Turkish troops.
• Gyeon Hwon, the king of Hubaekje, is overthrown by his eldest son Singeom.
• King Gyeongsun, the last king of Unified Silla, formally surrenders to Wang Geon, bringing to an end the Silla kingdom. The Goryeo Dynasty starts.
• The Later Shu Kingdom is founded by Meng Zhixiang in Chengdu.
• Ki no Tsurayuki returns to Kyoto from Tosa province, a journey that becomes the basis of the earliest surviving Japanese poetic diary, the Tosa nikki.

Births

• Ferdowsi Tousi, Persian poet

Deaths

• Harald Fairhair, King of Norway
• Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia (murdered)

References