Otto the Great
912–973 · Person
Saxon king crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 962, founding the medieval German empire; defeated the Magyars at Lechfeld.
On these timelines: Germany, Master, People
More from Germany
- German unification (1871)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Hitler's rule of Germany (1933)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
- Reunification of Germany (1990)
Around 912
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Song invention of gunpowder (950)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)
- House of Wisdom (830)
- Æthelstan, first King of the English (894)