958
This article is about the year 958. For the number, see 958 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 920s 930s 940s – 950s – 960s 970s 980s |
| Years: | 955 956 957 – 958 – 959 960 961 |
| 958 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 958 CMLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1711 |
| Armenian calendar | 407 ԹՎ ՆԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5708 |
| Bengali calendar | 365 |
| Berber calendar | 1908 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1502 |
| Burmese calendar | 320 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6466–6467 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3654 or 3594 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3655 or 3595 |
| Coptic calendar | 674–675 |
| Discordian calendar | 2124 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 950–951 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4718–4719 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1014–1015 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 880–881 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4059–4060 |
| Holocene calendar | 10958 |
| Iranian calendar | 336–337 |
| Islamic calendar | 346–347 |
| Japanese calendar | Tentoku 2 (天徳２年) |
| Julian calendar | 958 CMLVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3291 |
| Minguo calendar | 954 before ROC 民前954年 |
| Seleucid era | 1269/1270 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1500–1501 |
Year 958 (CMLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
- The Fatimid general Gawhar al-Siqilli takes the capital of the rebellious Kharijite Banu Ya'la tribesmen, Ifgan. Gawhar in the following two years conquers most of the North of modern Morocco and Algeria. In particular, he conquers the cities of Tanger, Sijilmasa and Tlemcen.[1]
Asia
- King Kshemgupta of Kashmir dies, and is succeeded by his young son Abhimanyu. Didda, widow of the former and mother of the latter, becomes de facto ruler.
- The Later Zhou strikes at Liao Dynasty positions in the Sixteen Prefectures, but is defeated.
- October/November - Battle of Raban: Byzantines under John Tzimiskes defeat Sayf al-Dawla
Europe
- Probable date of the foundation of the Marche dynasty.
Births
- Basil II, Byzantine Emperor
- Samuil of Bulgaria
- Vladimir I, Prince of Kievan Rus
Deaths
- King Gorm the Old of Denmark
- Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di, Arab geographer, historian, and physicist
- Tuathal mac Augaire, King of Leinster, Ireland
References
- ↑ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.42.
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