History
968
General
Population: 245 Million*
- Religion: Founding of archbishopric of Magdeburg
- Deaths: Peter Czar of Bulgaria
Africa
- Egypt: Janhar el-Kaid founds El-Kahira (Cairo) earlier settlements go back to 525
Low Nile in Egypt brings famine in Fustat
Europe
- General: Famine throughout Europe including Germany and Scotland
- Bulgaria: End of Peter, Czar of Bulgaria, Russians ravage Eastern Bulgaria
- Spanish States: Founding of Cordoba U
Middle East
- Turkey: Byzantines take Antioch