955
This article is about the year 955. For the number, see 955 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 920s 930s 940s – 950s – 960s 970s 980s |
| Years: | 952 953 954 – 955 – 956 957 958 |
| 955 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 955 CMLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1708 |
| Armenian calendar | 404 ԹՎ ՆԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5705 |
| Bengali calendar | 362 |
| Berber calendar | 1905 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1499 |
| Burmese calendar | 317 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6463–6464 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 3651 or 3591 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3652 or 3592 |
| Coptic calendar | 671–672 |
| Discordian calendar | 2121 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 947–948 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4715–4716 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1011–1012 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 877–878 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4056–4057 |
| Holocene calendar | 10955 |
| Iranian calendar | 333–334 |
| Islamic calendar | 343–344 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenryaku 9 (天暦９年) |
| Julian calendar | 955 CMLV |
| Korean calendar | 3288 |
| Minguo calendar | 957 before ROC 民前957年 |
| Seleucid era | 1266/1267 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1497–1498 |
Year 955 (CMLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
Europe
- August 10 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I the Great defeats the Magyars. The commanders of the Hungarian army, Bulcsú and Lehel are captured and executed by the Germans. These losses force the Hungarians to halt their campaigns into Western Europe (Germany, Italy, France). Howewer their campaigns in the Balkans continue until 970.
- November 23 – Eadwig becomes King of England.
By topic
Religion
- December 16 – Pope John XII succeeds Pope Agapetus II as the 130th pope. He may be as young as 18 on taking office.
Births
- Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Ælfric of Eynsham, English abbot
- Approximate date – Theophanu, Greek princess who becomes Empress consort (d. 991)
Deaths
References
- ↑ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.28.
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