950s
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 920s 930s 940s – 950s – 960s 970s 980s |
| Years: | 950 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
950s: events by year
Contents: 950 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959
950
By place
World
- World population is estimated to be 250 million.
Europe
- Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia makes peace with Otto I.
- Page with Joshua Leading the Israelites, from the Joshua Roll, is made in Constantinople. It is now kept at Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rome (approximate date).
Asia
- The Tu'i Tonga Empire begins to form in the Pacific Ocean.
- The Later Han Dynasty in China falls.
- Sayf al-Daula leads 30,000 men in a raid into Byzantine Anatolia. He defeats Bardas Phokas, but is then ambushed on his return and heavily defeated by Leo Phokas.[1]
952
By topic
Asia
- Kalbid forces defeat the Byzantines in Calabria.
Europe
- Hugh Capet marries Adelaide of Aquitaine.
953
By place
Europe
- Liudolf, Duke of Swabia and Conrad the Red rebel against German King Otto I.
- Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal appears, for the first time, as a Portuguese town under the name Villa Euracini.
954
By place
Europe
- King Máel Coluim I of Scotland is killed in battle against the Highlanders. He is succeeded by Indulf I of Scotland.
- Chateau Chinon is built by Theobald I of Blois.
- On the death of Eric Bloodaxe, Edred becomes the first king of all England.
- Principality of Seborga claims its independence
955
By place
Africa
- The Banu Ya'la tribesmen destroy Oran.[2]
Europe
- August 10 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I the Great defeats the Magyars, halting their westward expansion and ending the threat to Germany.
- Eadwig becomes King of England.
By topic
Religion
- December 16 – Pope John XII succeeds Pope Agapetus II as the 130th pope.
956
- An earthquake badly damages the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
957
By place
Asia
- The Chandra Hindu Dynasty ends, thus beginning a time of chaos in areas belonging to modern-day India.
- Japan: The Tenryaku Era ends, and the Tentoku Era begins.
By topic
Religion
- Olga of Kiev converts to the Eastern Orthodox Church from paganism beliefs.
958
By place
Africa
- The Fatimid general Gawhar al-Siqilli takes the capital of the rebellious Kharijite Banu Ya'la tribesmen, Ifgan. Gawhar in the following two years conquers most of the North of modern Morocco and Algeria. In particular, he conquers the cities of Tanger, Sijilmasa and Tlemcen.[3]
Asia
- King Kshemgupta of Kashmir dies, and is succeeded by his young son Abhimanyu. Didda, widow of the former and mother of the latter, becomes de facto ruler.
- The Later Zhou Dynasty strikes at Liao Dynasty positions in the Sixteen Prefectures, but is defeated.
Europe
- Probable date of the foundation of the Marche dynasty.
959
By place
Europe
- October 1 – King Eadwig of England dies, and is succeeded by his brother Edgar, who effectively completes the unification of England.
- Dunstan becomes bishop of Worcester, England and London.
- Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne divides the Duchy of Lorraine with his nephew Frederic.
Significant people
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, pp. 489, ISBN 978-0-8047-2630-2, http://books.google.com/?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.28.
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.42.
