This page relates to the year 954 Calendrier Julien.

Events

• September 10th: Beginning of the reign of Lothaire like king de France (fine in 986). It succeeds his father Louis IV accidentally deceased of a fall of horse.

• November 12th: Crown Lothaire with Rheims with old 13 years. Hugues Large the left him the crown n the other hand receiving the Burgundy and the Aquitaine.
• Lothaire is placed under the supervision of Brunon, archbishop of Cologne.

• the Hungarian intervene with the call of the rivals of the king Othon I {{er}}, among which his/her son-in-law Conrad the Russet-red, duke of Lotharingie, Arnulf of Ratisbon and the son of Othon, Liudolf de Souabe. Entreated turn casaque and deviate the Hungarian army on the Lotharingie, then the Champagne, the Burgundy and the Lombardy.
• Raid of the Hungarian until Rheims. They set fire to the monastery Saint-Gery with Cambrai.

• Beginning of the reign of Indulf, king d' Écosse, successor of Malcolm I {{er}}. It takes Edinburgh with the Angles of Northumbrie.

• York is taken again to the Danes of Erik Bloodaxe. This one dies in the battle of Stainmore, in the Northumberland.

• Nicéphore Phocas replaces his/her father Bardas Phokas with the head of the Byzantine armies. It is victorious of the emir of Alep Sayf Al-Dawla.

• Reign of Abd Al-Malik Ben Nuh, emir Samanide of Bukhara (fine in 961).

Art & culture

• Maïeul becomes abbot of Cluny (fine in 994). It has a great influence over its time, in particular by its role at Othon the Large one.

• Construction of the large “temples cathedrals” of Khajuraho in India of North, the such temple of Lakshmana, decorated with sculptures erotic, built by the Chandelâ of Bundelkhan, vassal of the Pratihara. Those decorate their capital of some 85 temples Hindou S and Jaïna (Xe-11th centuries) of which a score remain.

Births in 954

Death in 954

• September 10th: Louis IV, king de France.

• Malcolm Ier, king d' Écosse.

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