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.Bóna, István (2000). The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries. Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 27. .
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.Ngô Sĩ Liên (1993), Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, page 55, Peripheral Records - Volume 5, "Dương Tam Kha"
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 of Louvain, French nobleman (approximate date) Lothair Udo I, Count of Stade, 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
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