Person report

★20 Aug 0917
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Bulgarians led by Tsar Simeon I drove the Byzantines out of Thrace with a decisive victory in the Battle of Achelous.

★05 Sep 0917
Liu Yan declared himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.

★12 Jul 0927
Æthelstan, King of England, secured the submission of four northern rulers: Constantine II of Scotland, Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh, and Owain ap Dyfnwal of Strathclyde.

★16 Mar 0934
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

★28 Nov 0936
Shi Jingtang was enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang.

★17 Dec 0942
William Longsword of Normandy was ambushed and assassinated by supporters of Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, while the two were at a peace conference to settle their differences.

★26 May 0946
King Edmund I of England was killed while attending St Augustine's Day Mass.

★24 Feb 0951
Liu Yun, founder of the last of northern China's Five Dynasties.

★10 Aug 0955
Forces under Otto I were victorious at the Battle of Lechfeld near present-day Augsburg, Germany, holding off the incursions of the Magyars into Central Europe.

★16 Oct 0955
The forces of Otto the Great defeated the Obotrite federation in the Battle on the Raxa, marking the high point of Otto's reign.

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Det er ikke meget, vi med sikkerhed ved om Gorm den Gamle. Han var gift med Thyra, far til Harald Blå  tand og i fø  ge Saxo og sagaerne havde han også    en sø  n der hed Knud. Gorm havde hovedsæ  de i Jelling og blev ligeledes begravet i Jelling i den ene af de to store gravhø  je. Senere blev han sandsynligvis af sin sø  n Harald flyttet ind under gulvet i Jelling kirke. Her blev i hvert fald i slutningen af 1970'erne fundet skelettet af en mand, som var blevet lagt i graven i en meget fornem dragt med indvæ  vede guldtrå  de. Hvis det er Gorm, kan vi endvidere sige så    meget om ham, at han var et sted mellem 35 og 50 å  r, da han dø  de. Han var ca. 1.72 meter hø  j og ikke sæ  rligt kraftigt bygget, og desuden havde han haft slidgigt i ryggen og problemer med tæ  nderne.

Om Gorm fortæ  lles det ellers, at han var en kraftig modstander af kristendommen, så   det kan virke lidt bagvendt, hvis han endte med at blive begravet i en kirke.

Gorm er stamfader til den danske kongefamilie, og selv om linien ikke altid er direkte, kan den dog fø  res op til vores nuvæ  rende regent Dronning Margrethe 2.