959
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This article is about the year 959. For the car, see Porsche 959.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 920s 930s 940s – 950s – 960s 970s 980s |
| Years: | 956 957 958 – 959 – 960 961 962 |
| 959 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 959 CMLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1712 |
| Armenian calendar | 408 ԹՎ ՆԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5709 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -885–-884 |
| Bengali calendar | 366 |
| Berber calendar | 1909 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1503 |
| Burmese calendar | 321 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6467–6468 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年十一月二十日 (3595/3655-11-20) — to —
己未年十一月廿九日(3596/3656-11-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 675–676 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 951–952 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4719–4720 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1015–1016 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 881–882 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4060–4061 |
| Holocene calendar | 10959 |
| Iranian calendar | 337–338 |
| Islamic calendar | 347–348 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3292 |
| Minguo calendar | 953 before ROC 民前953年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1502 |
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Year 959 (CMLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] 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.
[edit] Births
- Emperor En'yū of Japan
[edit] Deaths
- October 1 – King Eadwig of England
- November 9 – Constantine VII, Byzantine Emperor (b. 905)
- Ælfsige, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Chai Rong (also known as Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou)