The world in 916 AD — what happened that year

20 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

China (18)

In the same month, the Liang ruler gave the special commander Wang Tan fifty thousand troops and ordered him to march from Yindi Pass to Jinyang and attack urgently. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷28)
On hearing that Liu Xun had been defeated at Shenxian and Wang Tan had fled from Jinyang, the Liang ruler sighed: My affairs are finished. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷28)
Zhang Yun, military governor of Xiangzhou, abandoned his city and fled, and Yuan Jianfeng became prefect of Xiangzhou. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷28)
The Khitan entered Yuzhou, and Li Siben, military governor of Zhenwu, was captured by the Khitan. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷28)
Dai Siyuan, military governor of Cangzhou for Liang, abandoned his city and fled, and former general Mao Zhang entered the city. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷28)
When the Khitan invaded the frontier, the emperor led his household troops north on campaign; hearing of the fall of Yuzhou while north of Daizhou, he turned back. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷28)
At Longhua Prefecture the ministers and vassal states built an altar and offered him the honorific title Emperor Dasheng Daming Tianhuang; the era name was Shence. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷1 神冊1年 2月)
He personally campaigned against the Turks, Tuyuhun, Tangut, Xiaofan and Shatuo tribes and pacified them, taking their chiefs and 15,600 households as captives. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷1 神冊1年 7月)
He took Shuozhou and captured the military governor Li Siben. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷1 神冊1年 8月)
He struck five prefectures, Wei, Xin, Wu, Gui and Ru, beheading more than fourteen thousand seven hundred; he crossed Yin Mountain and occupied the lands from Dabei to Heqü. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷1 神冊1年 11月)

Korean Peninsula (1)

Gyeon Hwon attacked the fortresses of Daeya and Gusa but could not win. (Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) 卷12 神德王 5年)

Western Europe (1)

Æthelflæd sent an army to Wales, took Brecknock, and captured thirty-four people, including the queen. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 916 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3377))

Same events recorded in this year

Cangzhou (916) — the same event in Old History of the Five Dynasties and Zizhi Tongjian

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