952

By place

Europe

• Summer - At the Reichstag in Augsburg, joined by German nobles and bishops, Berengar of Ivrea pays homage. He becomes a vassal of the East Frankish Kingdom. Otto leaves a strong garrison at Pavia in the hands of his son-in-law Conrad the Red, duke of Lotharingia.

  Scotland

• King Constantine II dies at the monastery of St. Andrews. His cousin and ruling monarch, Malcolm I, fights a battle against the Northmen or the Norse–Gaels.

  Africa

• Summer - Kalbid forces under Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi sail from Sicily and invade Byzantine Calabria. He attacks several towns, including Gerace and Cassono.

  Births

• Adelaide of Aquitaine, French queen consort
• Adela of Hamaland, Frankish countess and regent
• Fakhr al-Dawla, emir of Gurgan and Tabaristan
• Sa'd al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir of Aleppo
• Song, Chinese empress consort

  Deaths

• June 15 - Murong Yanchao, Chinese general
• July 17 - Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman
• September 6 - Suzaku, emperor of Japan
• September 10 - Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general
• December 17 - Hugh the Black, duke of Burgundy
• date unknown
• * Alan II, duke of Brittany
• * Constantine II, king of Alba
• * Li Jianxun, Chinese official and chancellor
• * Mansur ibn Qara-Tegin, Samanid governor