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<catset>Category="939"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left: 15px;"><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b>Years:</b></small><br><a href="935">935</a> <a href="936">936</a> <a href="937">937</a> <a href="938">938</a> - 939 - <a href="940">940</a> <a href="941">941</a> <a href="942">942</a> <a href="943">943</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b><a href="List of decades">Decades</a>:</b></small><br><a href="900s">900s</a> <a href="910s">910s</a> <a href="920s">920s</a> - <b><a href="930s">930s</a></b> - <a href="940s">940s</a> <a href="950s">950s</a> <a href="960s">960s</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center><small><b><a href="Centuries">Centuries</a>:</b></small><br><a href="9th century">9th century</a> - <b><a href="10th century">10th century</a></b> - <a href="11th century">11th century</a></td></tr></table><p></right> <b>Events</b> <ul> <li> <a href="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, under the name <a href="Vietnam">Dai Co Viet</a>, became independent from <a href="China">China</a>. <li> <a href="Edmund I of England">Edmund I of England</a> succeeds to the throne of <a href="England">England</a> <li> <a href="Pope Stephen IX">Pope Stephen IX</a> becomes <a href="Pope">Pope</a>. <li> Arabs lose <a href="Madrid">Madrid</a> to the <a href="Kingdom of León">Kingdom of Leon</a>. </ul><p><b>Births</b> <ul> <li> Emperor <a href="Romanus II">Romanus II</a> of the <a href="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> </ul><p><b>Deaths</b> <ul> <li> <a href="July 13">July 13</a> - <a href="Pope Leo VII">Pope Leo VII</a> <li> <a href="October 27">October 27</a> - King <a href="Athelstan of England">Athelstan of England</a> </ul>