955
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 955 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 955 CMLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1708 |
| Armenian calendar | 404 ԹՎ ՆԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5705 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 876–877 |
| Bengali calendar | 362 |
| Berber calendar | 1905 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1499 |
| Burmese calendar | 317 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6463–6464 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 3652 or 3445 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3653 or 3446 |
| Coptic calendar | 671–672 |
| Discordian calendar | 2121 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 947–948 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4715–4716 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1011–1012 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 876–877 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4055–4056 |
| Holocene calendar | 10955 |
| Iranian calendar | 333–334 |
| Islamic calendar | 343–344 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenryaku 9 (天暦９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 855–856 |
| Julian calendar | 955 CMLV |
| Korean calendar | 3288 |
| Minguo calendar | 957 before ROC 民前957年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −513 |
| Seleucid era | 1266/1267 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1497–1498 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 1081 or 700 or −72 — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 1082 or 701 or −71 |
Year 955 (CMLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
- The Banu Ya'la tribesmen destroy Oran.[1]
Europe
- August 10 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I the Great defeats the Magyars. The commanders of the Hungarian army, Bulcsú and Lehel are captured and executed by the Germans. These losses force the Hungarians to halt their campaigns into Western Europe (Germany, Italy, France). Howewer their campaigns in the Balkans continue until 970.
- November 23 – Eadwig becomes King of England.
By topic
Religion
- December 16 – Pope John XII succeeds Pope Agapetus II as the 130th pope. He may be as young as 18 on taking office.
Births
- Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Ælfric of Eynsham, English abbot
- Approximate date – Theophanu, Greek princess who becomes Empress consort (d. 991)
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.