939

Events 

 Edmund I of England became King of England
 July 14 – Pope Stephen VIII succeeds Pope Leo VII as the 127th pope.
 Arabs lose Madrid to the Kingdom of León.

 Births 

 Emperor Romanos II of the Byzantine Empire
 Emperor Taizong of Song

 Deaths 

 October 2 – Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
 October 27 – Æthelstan, King of the English