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[edit] Events

[edit] Asia

• The Chu State is founded by Ma Yin.
• Korea: Hubaekje sacks the Silla capital of Gyeongju and places King Gyeongsun on the throne.
• Hubaekje and Goryeo forces fight near Daegu; the Goryeo army is routed.

[edit] Europe

• Peter I succeeds Simeon the Great on the throne of Bulgaria, and is recognised as Tsar by the Byzantine Empire.
• 15 August — The ancient city of Taranto, in southern Italy, is destroyed by the Saracens.
• After a long process of annexations, the various small kingdoms within what is now England are unified by King Aethelstan, creating the Kingdom of England.

[edit] By Place

[edit] Religion

• The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is recognised as autocephalous by the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

[edit] Births

• Zhao Kuangyin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizu of Song

[edit] Deaths

• May 27 — Simeon I of Bulgaria
• Ha-Mim, Moroccan prophet