937

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	900s  910s  920s  – 930s –  940s  950s  960s
Years:	934 935 936 – 937 – 938 939 940

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  Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife Eadgyth arrive near Magdeburg, AD 937 (painted by Hugo Vogel 1898)

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  Queen Bertha and the Spinners (1888).

937 (CMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 937th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 937th year of the 1st millennium, the 37th year of the 10th century, and the 8th year of the 930s decade. As of the start of 937, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Battle of Brunanburh: King Athelstan of England defeats the Viking king of Dublin, the Scots, and Strathclyde.
• September 21 – Magdeburg becomes capital of the Holy Roman Empire.

Births

• Duke William IV of Aquitaine
• Gu Hongzhong

Deaths

• July 11 – King Rudolph II of Burgundy
• July 14 – Duke Arnulf I of Bavaria