950
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| 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 |
Year 950 (CML) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events [change]
By place [change]
World [change]
- World population is estimated to be 250 million.
Europe [change]
- Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia makes peace with Otto I.
- 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).
Asia [change]
- The Tu'i Tonga Empire begins to form in the Pacific Ocean.
- The Later Han Dynasty in China falls.
- Sayf al-Daula leads 30,000 men in a raid into Byzantine Anatolia. He defeats Bardas Phokas. He is then ambushed on his return and beaten by Leo Phokas.[1]
Births [change]
- June 12 – Emperor Reizei of Japan (d. 1011)
- Erik the Red (d. 1003)
Deaths [change]
References [change]
- ↑ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, pp. 489, ISBN 978-0-8047-2630-2, http://books.google.com/?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC
