Jul 8 The Major Occultation, or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi Aug 6 Battle at Simancas - Spain beats Moors Oct 2 Battle at Andernach: King Otto & Hermann of Zwaben beat Eberhard of France & Giselbert of Lutherans Oct 27 Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England 938 AD Events in History by Year 942 AD