913 - Definition and Overview

Events

• The city of Kassel in Germany was first mentioned.
• Lando succeeds Anastasius III as pope
• Accession of Hou Liang Mo Di of the Later Liang dynasty, one of the five short-lived would-be dynasties during the Chinese era of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
• Prince Igor of Kiev takes power in Kievan Rus'
• The Shiite Fatimid state in modern day Tunisia launches a failed military campaign against Egypt
• Constantine VII becomes Byzantine Emperor

Births

Deaths

• Eadwulf, Anglo-Saxon Earl of Bernicia who ruled the land north of the Tees
• Alexander III of Byzantium