Coronation of Otto I
Birth of the Holy Roman Empire, which lasts until 1806
Otto I, King of Germany and victor over the Magyars at Lechfeld, was crowned emperor by Pope John XII in Rome. The date is regarded as the birth of the Holy Roman Empire, which lasted until 1806.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 966 Baptism of Poland — 4 years later
Africa
- 969 Founding of Cairo — 7 years later
- 972 Al-Azhar Mosque opens — 10 years later
Asia
- 946 Millennium Eruption of Mount Paektu — 16 years earlier
- 960 Founding of the Song dynasty — 2 years earlier
Americas
- c. 950–1250 Medieval Warm Period — 12 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Vladimir the Great (aged 2)
- Otto the Great (aged 50)
- Olga of Kiev (aged 42)
- Ferdowsi (aged 22)
- Hugh Capet (aged 22)
- Sviatoslav I (aged 20)
- Edgar the Peaceful (aged 19)
- Otto II (aged 7)
- Yaropolk I (aged 7)