950
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century · 10th century · 11th century |
| Decades: | 920s · 930s · 940s · 950s · 960s · 970s · 980s |
| Years: | 947 · 948 · 949 · 950 · 951 · 952 · 953 |
| 950 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 950 CML |
| Ab urbe condita | 1703 |
| Armenian calendar | 399 ԹՎ ՅՂԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5700 |
| Bengali calendar | 357 |
| Berber calendar | 1900 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1494 |
| Burmese calendar | 312 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6458–6459 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3646 or 3586 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3647 or 3587 |
| 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 |
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Year 950 (CML) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- 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]
Europe
- 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).
World
- World population is estimated to be 250 million.
Births
- June 12 – Emperor Reizei of Japan (d. 1011)
- Erik the Red (d. 1003)
Deaths
- November 22 – King Lothair II of Italy
- Hywel Dda ("the Good") of Wales
- Al-Farabi, philosopher (b. 870)
References
- ↑ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 489, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2
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