959

959 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	959; CMLIX
Ab urbe condita	1712
Armenian calendar	408; ԹՎ ՆԸ
Assyrian calendar	5709
Balinese saka calendar	880–881
Bengali calendar	366
Berber calendar	1909
Buddhist calendar	1503
Burmese calendar	321
Byzantine calendar	6467–6468
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse); 3656 or 3449; — to —; 己未年 (Earth Goat); 3657 or 3450
Coptic calendar	675–676
Discordian calendar	2125
Ethiopian calendar	951–952
Hebrew calendar	4719–4720
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1015–1016
- Shaka Samvat	880–881
- Kali Yuga	4059–4060
Holocene calendar	10959
Iranian calendar	337–338
Islamic calendar	347–348
Japanese calendar	Tentoku 3; (天徳３年)
Javanese calendar	859–860
Julian calendar	959; CMLIX
Korean calendar	3292
Minguo calendar	953 before ROC; 民前953年
Nanakshahi calendar	−509
Seleucid era	1270/1271 AG
Thai solar calendar	1501–1502
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年; (male Earth-Horse); 1085 or 704 or −68; — to —; 阴土羊年; (female Earth-Goat); 1086 or 705 or −67

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century ; 11th century;
Decades:	930s; 940s; 950s ; 960s; 970s;
Years:	956; 957; 958; 959 ; 960; 961; 962;

Year 959 (CMLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

October 1 – King Eadwig of England dies, and is succeeded by his brother Edgar the Peaceful, who effectively completes the unification of England when Northumbria submits to his rule.
Dunstan, Bishop of Worcester and London, is appointed by Edgar as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne divides the Duchy of Lorraine with his nephew Frederic.