Battle of Lechfeld
Otto I ends the Magyar raids on Europe
On 10 August 955, near Augsburg, King Otto I of Germany routed the Hungarian army. The Magyar raids on Western Europe came to an end, and the victor's prestige helped Otto win the imperial crown in 962.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Africa
- 969 Founding of Cairo — 14 years later
- 972 Al-Azhar Mosque opens — 17 years later
Asia
- 938 Battle of Bạch Đằng — 17 years earlier
- 946 Millennium Eruption of Mount Paektu — 9 years earlier
- 960 Founding of the Song dynasty — 5 years later
Americas
- c. 950–1250 Medieval Warm Period — 5 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Otto the Great (aged 43)
- Olga of Kiev (aged 35)
- Ferdowsi (aged 15)
- Hugh Capet (aged 15)
- Sviatoslav I (aged 13)
- Edgar the Peaceful (aged 12)
- Otto II (aged 0)
- Yaropolk I (aged 0)