903

By place

Europe

• King Berengar I of Italy proceeds to issue concessions and privileges to the Lombard nobility and monasteries. He grants concessions to Bobbio Abbey in Emilia-Romagna.
• King Louis IV promulgates the Raffelstetten customs regulations, a legal document for a toll-bridge on the Danube River in Asten.

  Britain

• The Danish Vikings invade Anglesey after being driven out of Dublin. They fail to gain a foothold in Wales, and sail on to Chester.
• A party of Danes under the Viking warlord Ingimundr attack the Welsh in a pitched battle at Maes Ros Meilon, perhaps near Llanfaes.

  Arabian Empire

• November 29 - Battle of Hama: Abbasid forces under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeat the Qarmatians near Hama, on the banks of the Orontes River. The Qarmatian army is scattered and pursued by Abbasid troops; Al-Husayn ibn Zikrawayh and other Qarmatian leaders are captured.

  By topic

Religion

• July - Pope Benedict IV dies after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by Leo V as the 118th pope of the Catholic Church. Leo is imprisoned and tortured by Antipope Christopher after a reign of just 1 month. Christopher makes himself the new pope of Rome.