940s
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 910s 920s 930s – 940s – 950s 960s 970s |
| Years: | 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
940s: events by year
Contents: 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949
940
By place
Asia
- Saadia Gaon compiles his siddur (Jewish prayer book) in Iraq.
- Narita-san Temple is founded in Chiba, Japan.
- The Liao Dynasty abolishes the requirement that a younger sister replace an older sister who died in marriage.
Europe
- Oldest known Danish King, Gorm the Old
- Beginning of construction of the main forts in Greater Poland: Giecz, Bnin, Lad, Gniezno, Poznan, Grzybowo. All the forts were constructed rapidly between 939 and 942.
942
By place
Asia
- Kaminarimon, the eight-pillared gate to Japan's Kinryuzan Sensouji Temple, is erected.
- The Chavda Kingdom is overthrown in Gujarat, India.
Europe
- Hywel Dda, king of Deheubarth, annexes Gwynedd and Powys to become ruler of most of Wales.
By topic
Religion
- October 30 – Pope Marinus II succeeds Pope Stephen VIII as the 128th pope.
943
By place
Africa
- Rebellion of the Zenete Berber tribe of the Banû Ifrân under Abu Yazid against the Fatimid dynasty (lasts until 747).[1]
Europe
- King Constantin II of Scotland retires and becomes a monk, succeeded by his cousin Malcolm I of Scotland.
- Caspian expeditions of the Rus: The city of Barda, Azerbaijan is captured.
- Description of the triangular bridge at Croyland, in the Charter of Eadred.[2]
944
By place
Africa
- The city of Algiers is (re)founded by the Zirid king Buluggin ibn Ziri.
- Abu Yazid launches a rebellion against the Fatimids in the Aures Mountains.
Asia
- The Al-Askari Mosque is built in Samarra (present-day Iraq).
- The Later Jìn Dynasty in China Sovereign Kaiyun ascends to power
- The Byzantines under Pantherios are defeated by Sayf al-Daula in northern Syria.[3]
Europe
- Great storm sweeps England. Many houses destroyed, 1500 in London alone (a significant proportion of the town).[4]
- King Edmund I of England takes Northumbria from the Vikings.
- Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos is deposed as Byzantine emperor by his own sons, Stephen Lekapenos and Constantine Lekapenos.[3]
945
By Place
Asia
- The Buwayhid Dynasty takes control of Baghdad (it does not supplant the local caliphate).
- The Min Kingdom is taken over by the Southern Tang Kingdom.
Europe
- Edmund I of England conquers Strathclyde.
- Howell the Good convenes a conference at Whitland, which reforms the laws of Wales.
- Lothair II of Italy takes control of Italy (until 950).
- Romanos I is overthrown, and Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII reigns alone.
- Cumberland and Westmorland are annexed by the Scots.
By topic
Religion
- Saint Dunstan becomes the abbot at Glastonbury.
946
By place
Europe
- Eadred I succeeds his brother as king of England.
Asia
- Emperor Murakami succeeds Emperor Suzaku as Emperor of Japan.
By topic
Religion
- May 10 – Pope Agapitus II succeeds Pope Marinus II as the 129th pope.
947
By place
Asia
- The Later Jin Dynasty falls to the Later Han Dynasty (founded by Gaozu of Later Han) in China.
- The Khitan Empire adopts the dynastic name "Great Liao".
- Masudi completes first version of The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems, an important history book.
Europe
- Horsham in West Sussex gets its first mention in King Eadred's Charter.
948
By place
Africa
- The Nri Kingdom in what is now Southeastern Nigeria is started by Eri.
Asia
- The Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of the most significant Hindu temples in the Jaffna district of Sri Lanka, is built.
- The Byzantines raid into Syria, but are defeated by Sayf al-Daula. Leo Phokas however sacks and razes Adata.[5]
Europe
- Otto I the Great founds the missionary dioceses of Brandenburg, Havelberg, Ribe, Aarhus, and Schleswig.
- St Albans School in St Albans, England is founded.
949
By place
Asia
- Sayf al-Daula raids into the Byzantine theme of Lykandos but is defeated. The Byzantines counter-attack and seize Germanikeia, defeating an army from Tarsus, and the raiding as far south as Antioch. Theophilos Kourkouas captures Theodosiopolis for Byzantium.[3]
Europe
- The Byzantine Empire launches another expedition against the Emirate of Crete. The overconfident Byzantine troops, under Constantine Gongyles, are defeated in a surprise attack by the Arabs and flee.[3]
By topic
Science
- February 1 – Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus (b. 1928) asserts that the orbits of all the planets of the Solar system were within the same 90° arc of the solar system on this date. The next time it is thought this will occur is on May 6, 2492.
Significant people
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.28.
- ^ Quoted in Wheeler, W.H. (1896). A history of the fens of South Lincolnshire (2 ed.). Boston: J.M.Newcomb. p. 313.
- ^ a b c d Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 486, ISBN 978-0-8047-2630-2, http://books.google.com/?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC
- ^ Stratton, J.M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.
- ^ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, pp. 487–489, ISBN 978-0-8047-2630-2, http://books.google.com/?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC
