950

950 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	950; CML
Ab urbe condita	1703
Armenian calendar	399; ԹՎ ՅՂԹ
Assyrian calendar	5700
Balinese saka calendar	871–872
Bengali calendar	357
Berber calendar	1900
Buddhist calendar	1494
Burmese calendar	312
Byzantine calendar	6458–6459
Chinese calendar	己酉年 (Earth Rooster); 3647 or 3440; — to —; 庚戌年 (Metal Dog); 3648 or 3441
Coptic calendar	666–667
Discordian calendar	2116
Ethiopian calendar	942–943
Hebrew calendar	4710–4711
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1006–1007
- Shaka Samvat	871–872
- Kali Yuga	4050–4051
Holocene calendar	10950
Iranian calendar	328–329
Islamic calendar	338–339
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 4; (天暦４年)
Javanese calendar	850–851
Julian calendar	950; CML
Korean calendar	3283
Minguo calendar	962 before ROC; 民前962年
Nanakshahi calendar	−518
Seleucid era	1261/1262 AG
Thai solar calendar	1492–1493
Tibetan calendar	阴土鸡年; (female Earth-Rooster); 1076 or 695 or −77; — to —; 阳金狗年; (male Iron-Dog); 1077 or 696 or −76

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century ; 11th century;
Decades:	930s; 940s; 950s ; 960s; 970s;
Years:	947; 948; 949; 950 ; 951; 952; 953;

Year 950 (CML) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

The Tu'i Tonga Empire begins to form in the Pacific Ocean.
The Later Han 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]

Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia makes peace with Otto I.
Lothair II, king of Italy dies and his widow, Adelaide of Italy, is overthrown by an usurper, Berengar of Ivrea.
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).