947
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This article is about the year 947.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 910s 920s 930s – 940s – 950s 960s 970s |
| Years: | 944 945 946 – 947 – 948 949 950 |
| 947 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 947 CMXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1700 |
| Armenian calendar | 396 ԹՎ ՅՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5697 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -897–-896 |
| Bengali calendar | 354 |
| Berber calendar | 1897 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1491 |
| Burmese calendar | 309 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6455–6456 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙午年十二月初七日 (3583/3643-12-7) — to —
丁未年十一月十七日(3584/3644-11-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 663–664 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 939–940 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4707–4708 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1003–1004 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 869–870 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4048–4049 |
| Holocene calendar | 10947 |
| Iranian calendar | 325–326 |
| Islamic calendar | 335–336 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3280 |
| Minguo calendar | 965 before ROC 民前965年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1490 |
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Year 947 (CMXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] 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.
[edit] Europe
- Horsham in West Sussex gets its first mention in King Eadred's Charter.
[edit] Births
- Adelaide of Anjou, daughter of Fulk II of Anjou and Gerberg
[edit] Deaths
- May 18 – Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty
- August 19 – Abu Yazid, Kharijite Berber who led a rebellion against the Fatimids in Ifriqiya
- November 23 – Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
- Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl, Toltec ruler
- Wulfgar of Lichfield, Bishop of Lichfield
- Sexhelm of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Shi Chonggui, last Emperor of China from the Later Jin Dynasty
- Uchtred of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Zoltán of Hungary, Grand Prince of the Magyars
