Year 932 ( CMXXXII ) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .

Events [ edit ]

By place [ edit ]

Europe [ edit ]

• Summer – Alberic II leads an uprising at Rome against his stepfather Hugh of Provence , king of Italy , after he is insulted at the wedding of his mother, Marozia . Alberic seizes the Lateran Palace , and Hugh escapes with an escort out of the city. Marozia is captured and put in prison. Alberic takes control of the city and appoints himself as the ruler ( princeps ) of Rome.
• Doge Orso II Participazio retires voluntarily to a monastery , marking the end of the Participazio dominance of the Venetian dogeship. He is succeeded by Pietro II Candiano , the son and namesake of the earlier doge Pietro I .
• Pietro II and Capodistria make a trade agreement without imperial authorization, the self-proclaimed "Marquis" Wintkar forbids repaying any debts to Venice . Pietro begins an economic blockade of Istrian cities. ^[1]

Asia [ edit ]

• Emir Mardavij ibn Ziyar invades Tabaristan and captures the city of Gorgan . The Daylamite military leader Makan ibn Kaki tries to reclaim his territories, but fails. He seeks refuge among the Samanids and enters the service of their ruler Nasr II . He appoints him as governor of Kirman (modern Iran ).

• October 31 – Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir is killed while fighting against the forces of general Mu'nis al-Muzaffar . Al-Muqtadir's brother al-Qahir is chosen to succeed him.

By topic [ edit ]

Religion [ edit ]

• Summer – Pope John XI is forced to grant power over Rome to his half-brother Alberic II, who is invested as "Prince and Senator of all Romans". John is to resign himself to spiritual leadership of the Catholic Church .

Births [ edit ]

• August 28 – Richard I , duke of Normandy (d. 996 )
• September 26 – Al-Mu'izz , Fatimid caliph (d. 975 )
• Abu Firas al-Hamdani , Arab prince and poet (or 933 )
• Miskawayh , Persian philosopher and historian (d. 1030 )
• Sancho I ( the Fat ), king of Leon (approximate date)

Deaths [ edit ]

• May 6 – Qian Liu , Chinese warlord and king (b. 852 )
• May 18 – Ma Shaohong , general of Later Tang
• June 1 – Thietmar , duke of Saxony
• June 10 – Dong Zhang , Chinese general
• August 15 – Ma Xisheng , king of Chu (b. 899 )
• October 31 – Al-Muqtadir , Abbasid caliph (b. 895 )

• Fujiwara no Sadakata , Japanese poet (b. 873 )
• Isaac Judaeus , Arab Jewish physician (approximate date)
• Orso II Participazio , doge of Venice
• Reginar II , Frankish nobleman (b. 890 )
• Rollo , duke of Normandy (approximate date)

In fiction [ edit ]

• The film Monty Python and the Holy Grail is set in this year.

References [ edit ]