952
Year 952 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.Events
By place
Europe
- Summer - At the Reichstag in Augsburg, joined by German nobles and bishops, Berengar of Ivrea pays homage. He becomes a vassal of the East Frankish Kingdom. Otto leaves a strong garrison at Pavia in the hands of his son-in-law Conrad the Red, duke of Lotharingia.
Scotland
- King Constantine II dies at the monastery of St. Andrews. His cousin and ruling monarch, Malcolm I, fights a battle against the Northmen or the Norse–Gaels.
Africa
- Summer - Kalbid forces under Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi sail from Sicily and invade Byzantine Calabria. He attacks several towns, including Gerace and Cassono.
Births
- Adelaide of Aquitaine, French queen consort
- Adela of Hamaland, Frankish countess and regent
- Fakhr al-Dawla, emir of Gurgan and Tabaristan
- Sa'd al-Dawla, Hamdanid emir of Aleppo
- Song, Chinese empress consort
Deaths
- June 15 - Murong Yanchao, Chinese general
- July 17 - Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman
- September 6 - Suzaku, emperor of Japan
- September 10 - Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general
- December 17 - Hugh the Black, duke of Burgundy
- date unknown
- * Alan II, duke of Brittany
- * Constantine II, king of Alba
- * Li Jianxun, Chinese official and chancellor
- * Mansur ibn Qara-Tegin, Samanid governor