940
Appearance
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
Decades: | 910s 920s 930s – 940s – 950s 960s 970s |
Years: | 937 938 939 – 940 – 941 942 943 |
Gregorian calendar | 940 CMXL |
Ab urbe condita | 1693 |
Armenian calendar | 389 ԹՎ ՅՁԹ |
Assyrian calendar | 5690 |
Balinese saka calendar | 861–862 |
Bengali calendar | 347 |
Berber calendar | 1890 |
Buddhist calendar | 1484 |
Burmese calendar | 302 |
Byzantine calendar | 6448–6449 |
Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3636 or 3576 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3637 or 3577 |
Coptic calendar | 656–657 |
Discordian calendar | 2106 |
Ethiopian calendar | 932–933 |
Hebrew calendar | 4700–4701 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 996–997 |
- Shaka Samvat | 861–862 |
- Kali Yuga | 4040–4041 |
Holocene calendar | 10940 |
Iranian calendar | 318–319 |
Islamic calendar | 328–329 |
Japanese calendar | Tengyō 3 (天慶3年) |
Javanese calendar | 840–841 |
Julian calendar | 940 CMXL |
Korean calendar | 3273 |
Minguo calendar | 972 before ROC 民前972年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −528 |
Seleucid era | 1251/1252 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1482–1483 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 1066 or 685 or −87 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1067 or 686 or −86 |
940 (CMXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 1st millennium, the 40th year of the 10th century, and the 1st year of the 940s decade. As of the start of 940, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- Saadia Gaon makes his siddur (Jewish prayer book) in Iraq.
- Narita-san Temple is founded in Chiba, Japan.
- The Liao Dynasty stops the rule that a younger sister replace an older sister who died in marriage.
Births
[change | change source]- Abu'l-Wafa, Iranian mathematician
- Brian Boru, high king of Ireland
Deaths
[change | change source]- July 20 – Ibn Muqla, Abbasid vizier and calligrapher
- December 25 – Makan ibn Kaki, Dailamite warlord
- Taira no Masakado, leader of the Taira Clan