947
This article is about the year 947. For the number, see 947 (number).
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
Decades: | 910s 920s 930s – 940s – 950s 960s 970s |
Years: | 944 945 946 – 947 – 948 949 950 |
947 by topic | |
Politics | |
State leaders – Sovereign states | |
Birth and death categories | |
Births – Deaths | |
Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
Establishments – Disestablishments | |
Gregorian calendar | 947 CMXLVII |
Ab urbe condita | 1700 |
Armenian calendar | 396 ԹՎ ՅՂԶ |
Assyrian calendar | 5697 |
Bengali calendar | 354 |
Berber calendar | 1897 |
Buddhist calendar | 1491 |
Burmese calendar | 309 |
Byzantine calendar | 6455–6456 |
Chinese calendar | 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3643 or 3583 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3644 or 3584 |
Coptic calendar | 663–664 |
Discordian calendar | 2113 |
Ethiopian calendar | 939–940 |
Hebrew calendar | 4707–4708 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1003–1004 |
- Shaka Samvat | 869–870 |
- Kali Yuga | 4048–4049 |
Holocene calendar | 10947 |
Iranian calendar | 325–326 |
Islamic calendar | 335–336 |
Japanese calendar | Tengyō 10 / Tenryaku 1 (天暦元年) |
Julian calendar | 947 CMXLVII |
Korean calendar | 3280 |
Minguo calendar | 965 before ROC 民前965年 |
Seleucid era | 1258/1259 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1489–1490 |
Year 947 (CMXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- The Later Jin falls to the Later Han (founded by Gaozu of Later Han) in China.
- The Khitan Empire adopts the dynastic name "Great Liao".
- Masudi completes first version of The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems, an important history book.
Europe
- Horsham in West Sussex gets its first mention in King Eadred's Charter.
Births
- Adelaide of Anjou, daughter of Fulk II of Anjou and Gerberg
Deaths
- May 18 – Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty
- August 19 – Abu Yazid, Kharijite Berber who led a rebellion against the Fatimids in Ifriqiya
- November 23 – Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
- 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
- Uchtred of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Zoltán of Hungary, Grand Prince of the Magyars
References
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