The world in 945 AD — what happened that year

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

What happened

On day Renzi, the royal army and the Khitan faced each other on the Anyang River north of Xiangzhou; the vanguards Huangfu Yu and Murong Yanchao fought at Yulin Inn. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷83)
The Rong king heard the news at Handan and immediately fled north; the government army also withdrew south to hold Liyang. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷83)
Battle of Baidan Village: Fu Yanqing's ten thousand riders struck across the line and the Khitan were at a disadvantage; Taizong retreated ten li in a carriage. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷4 會同8年 3月)
The Khitan sweep through Xingzhou, Mingzhou and Cizhou and enter the territory of Ye. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷284 제47단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))
The Jin army takes Mancheng and captures the Khitan chieftain Mola and two thousand soldiers. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷284 제64단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))
The Jin army is surrounded by the Khitan in layers at Baituanweicun (Yangcheng battle). (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷284 제66단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))
The Southern Tang army takes Jianzhou, and Min ruler Wang Yanzheng surrenders (end of Min). (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷285 제5단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))

King Hyejong, having detected Wang Gyu's treason, prepares with Wang Sik-ryeom, Grand General of Seogyeong, banishes Wang Gyu to Gapgot, then sends men to kill him and executes some 300 of his followers (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권2 惠宗義恭大王二年)

Huangfu Yu and others meet tens of thousands of Khitan at Yulin Inn near Xiangzhou and fight, then withdraw. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷284 제48단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))

Edmund swept through Cumberland and then entrusted it to Malcolm, king of Scots, as the condition of an alliance. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 945 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3832))

The Drevlians who had killed Igor, looking down on the young Svyatoslav, aimed at ruling Kyiv and told their prince Mal to marry the widow Olga. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제1권 VII장)