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940s

decade

The 940s was a decade that started on 1 January 940 and ended on 31 December 949. It is distinct from the decade known as the 95th decade which began on January 1, 941. and ended on December 31, 950.

Millennium:1st millennium
Centuries:9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:910s 920s 930s – 940s – 950s 960s 970s
Years:940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949
Categories:Births – Deaths – Architecture
Establishments – Disestablishments


940

  • 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

Deaths

  • July 20 – Ibn Muqla, Abbasid vizier and calligrapher
  • December 25 – Makan ibn Kaki, Dailamite warlord
  • Taira no Masakado, leader of the Taira Clan

941

Births

Deaths

  • April 21 – Bajkam, commander of commanders of the Abbasid Caliphate

942

Births

Deaths

  • King Idwal Foel of Gwynedd
  • December 17 – William I of Normandy
  • Gaozu of Later Jin, founder of the Later Jin Dynasty in China
  • Liu Yan of the Southern Han Kingdom

943

Births

Deaths

  • Wang Kon, founder of the Koryo dynasty
  • Emperor Liezu of Southern Tang

944

Births

  • Otto, Duke of Burgundy
  • Minamoto no Yorimitsu
  • Fujiwara no Sukemasa
  • Fujiwara no Akimitsu

Deaths

  • Flaithbertach mac Inmainén, abbot of Inis Cathaig, Ireland
  • Wilgred of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne
  • Abu Mansur Al Maturidi, Muslim theologian
  • Ngo Quyen, Vietnamese prefect and general
  • Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman
  • Donnchad Donn, King of Ireland

945

  • The Buyid dynasty takes control of Baghdad.
  • The Min Kingdom is taken over by the Southern Tang Kingdom.
  • Edmund I of England conquers Strathclyde. He makes an alliance with Malcolm I of Scotland and gives Cumberland and Westmorland to him.
  • Lothair II of Italy takes control of Italy.
  • Romanos I Lekapenos is overthrown. Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII rules alone.

Births

Deaths

  • Igor of Kiev
  • King Krešimir I of Croatia

946

Deaths

947

  • The Later Jin Dynasty falls to the Later Han Dynasty in China.

Births

Deaths

  • May 18 – Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty
  • Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl, Toltec ruler
  • Wulfgar of Lichfield, Bishop of Lichfield
  • Sexhelm of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne
  • Shi Chonggui, last Emperor of China from the Later Jin Dynasty
  • Uchtred of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne
  • Zoltán of Hungary, Grand Prince of the Magyars

948

  • The Nri Kingdom is started by Eri. The kingdom was in what is now Nigeria.
  • The Nallur Kandaswamy temple is built.

Births

  • Gang Gam-chan, Korean government official and military commander
  • Emperor Jingzong of Liao

Deaths

  • December 16 – Romanos I Lekapenos, Byzantine Emperor
  • Gao Conghui
  • Gaozu of Later Han

949

Deaths

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