History
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General
Population: 237 Million*
- Religion: Pope Leo VIII dies – Pope Stephen IX appointed
- Deaths: Pope Leo VIII
Asia
- Japan: Revolts against imperial rule set off a period of civil war in Japan
- Vietnam: Vietnam gains independence from China
Europe
- England: Edmund, brother of Athelstan rules as King of England to 946
- Spanish States: Arabs lose Madrid to kingdom of Leon
Spanish–Moslem wars kill 5000
Abd-al-Rahman defeated by Ramiro II in Battle of Simancas
Middle East