950

This article is about the year 950. For other uses, see 950 (number).

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Eastern Themata of the Byzantine Empire.

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

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• Arab–Byzantine War: A Hamdanid army (30,000 men) led by Sayf al-Dawla raids into Byzantine theme Anatolia. He defeats Bardas Phokas, but is then ambushed on his return and heavily defeated by Leo Phokas.

Europe

• November 22 – King Lothair II dies at Turin (possibly poisoned by Berengar of Ivrea). Berengar is crowned king of Italy and imprisons Lothair's now 19-year-old widow, Adelaide for four months at Como.
• Boleslav I, duke of Bohemia, signs a peace treaty with King Otto I of the East Frankish Kingdom. He becomes his ally, but he probably wasn't forced to resume the payment of tribute.
• Henry I, duke of Bavaria, attacks Western Hungary, taking captives and plunder. He enlarges his duchy in the wars with the Hungarians.

• in Wales, King Hywel Dda ("the Good") dies after an 8-year reign in which he has established codified laws. His three sons Owain ap Hywel Dda, Rhodri ap Hywel, and Edwin ap Hywel divide Wales amongst themselves.

Oceania

• The Tu'i Tonga Empire starts to expand in the Pacific Ocean. The Tu'i Tonga kings establish the capital at Mu'a on the island of Tongatapu (approximate date).

North America

• The Mount Edziza volcanic complex in British Columbia, Canada, produces an explosive eruption that deposits the Sheep Track Member.

Africa

• City of Mogadishu is established.

Asia

• In Tĩnh Hải quân, Dương Tam Kha was dethroned by Ngô Xương Văn after ruling for 6 years (since 944) as Dương Bình Vương, having usurped the throne from the Ngô Dynasty.

By topic

Religion

• Page with Joshua Leading the Israelites, from the Joshua Roll, is made in Constantinople. It is now kept at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome (approximate date).

Births

• June 12 – Reizei, Japanese emperor (d. 1011)
• Bernard I, German nobleman (approximate date)
• Dedo I, German nobleman (approximate date)
• Egbert, archbishop of Trier (approximate date)
• Emma of Blois, duchess of Aquitaine (d. 1003)
• Erik the Red, Norse Viking explorer (d. 1003)
• Guy of Anderlecht, Christian saint (d. 1012)
• Herbert III, Frankish nobleman (d. 995)
• Ibn Yunus, Fatamid astronomer (d. 1009)
• Lady Finella, Scottish noblewoman (d. 995)
• Lambert I, French nobleman (approximate date)
• Lothair Udo I, German nobleman (d. 994)
• Masako, Japanese empress consort (d. 1000)
• Moninho Viegas, French knight (d. 1022)
• Notker III, German Benedictine monk (d. 1022)
• Odo I (or Eudes), French nobleman (d. 996)
• Otto I, duke of Carinthia (approximate date)
• Reginar IV, French nobleman (approximate date)
• Sarolt, Grand Princess of Hungary (d. 1008)
• Soběslav, Bohemian nobleman (d. 1004)
• William I, French nobleman (approximate date)
• Wolbodo, bishop of Liège (approximate date)

Deaths

• January 15 – Wang Jingchong, Chinese general
• October 7 – Li, Chinese empress consort
• October – Al-Qahir, Abbasid caliph (b. 899)
• November 22 – Lothair II, king of Italy
• December 24
  • Shi Hongzhao, Chinese general
  • Wang Zhang, Chinese official
  • Yang Bin, Chinese chancellor
• Ælfric, bishop of Ramsbury (approximate date)
• Al-Farabi, Muslim philosopher (or 951)
• Hywel Dda ("the Good"), king of Wales
• Li Jinquan, Chinese general (approximate date)
• Ricfried, Frankish nobleman (b. 845)
• Sunyer, count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausona
• Zoltán, Grand Prince of Hungary (approximate date)
• Dharma Mahadevi, Indian Queen Regnant