915

915 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	915; CMXV
Ab urbe condita	1668
Armenian calendar	364; ԹՎ ՅԿԴ
Assyrian calendar	5665
Balinese saka calendar	836–837
Bengali calendar	322
Berber calendar	1865
Buddhist calendar	1459
Burmese calendar	277
Byzantine calendar	6423–6424
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog); 3612 or 3405; — to —; 乙亥年 (Wood Pig); 3613 or 3406
Coptic calendar	631–632
Discordian calendar	2081
Ethiopian calendar	907–908
Hebrew calendar	4675–4676
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	971–972
- Shaka Samvat	836–837
- Kali Yuga	4015–4016
Holocene calendar	10915
Iranian calendar	293–294
Islamic calendar	302–303
Japanese calendar	Engi 15; (延喜１５年)
Javanese calendar	814–815
Julian calendar	915; CMXV
Korean calendar	3248
Minguo calendar	997 before ROC ; 民前997年
Nanakshahi calendar	−553
Seleucid era	1226/1227 AG
Thai solar calendar	1457–1458
Tibetan calendar	阳木狗年; (male Wood-Dog); 1041 or 660 or −112; — to —; 阴木猪年; (female Wood-Pig); 1042 or 661 or −111

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century ; 10th century ; 11th century ;
Decades:	890s ; 900s ; 910s ; 920s ; 930s ;
Years:	912 ; 913 ; 914 ; 915 ; 916 ; 917 ; 918 ;

Last updated January 04, 2025

Year 915 ( CMXV ) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

Summer – Battle of Garigliano: The Christian League, personally led by Pope John X, lays siege to Garigliano (a fortified Arab camp in the area of Minturno), which is blockaded from the sea by the Byzantine navy. After three months of siege, plagued by hunger, the Saracens decide to break out of Garigliano and find their way back to Sicily by any means possible. Christian hunting parties fall on the fleeing Arabs, and all are captured and executed.^[1]
July – The Magyars (Hungarians), led by Zoltán, only son of the late Grand Prince Árpád, attack Swabia, Franconia and Saxony. Small units penetrate as far as Bremen, burning the city.

By topic

Religion

December 3 – John X crowns the Italian sovereign Berengar I as the Holy Roman Emperor in Rome. Berengar returns to northern Italy, where Friuli is threatened by the Hungarians.

Births

January 13 – Al-Hakam II, Umayyad caliph (d. 976)
Abu Shakur Balkhi, Persian poet
Adalbert I, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
Al-Mutanabbi, Muslim poet (d. 965)
Boleslaus I, duke of Bohemia (approximate date)
Burchard III, Frankish nobleman (d. 973)
Hasdai ibn Shaprut, Jewish diplomat (d. 970)
Sunifred II, Frankish nobleman (d. 968)
William III, Frankish nobleman (d. 963)

Deaths

April 23 – Yang Shihou, Chinese general
November 4 – Zhang, Chinese empress (b. 892)
Abu Salih Mansur, Samanid governor
Adalbert II, Lombard nobleman
Al-Nasa'i, Muslim scholar and hadith compiler
Bi'dah al-Kabirah, was a songstress, and had been a slave of Arib. She died on 10 July 915. Abu Bakr ibn al-Muhtadi led the funeral prayers.^[2] She was also concubine of Abbasid caliph Al-Mamūn (r. 813–833)
Bertila of Spoleto, queen of Italy
Cutheard, bishop of Lindisfarne
Domnall mac Áeda, king of Ailech (Ireland)
Gonzalo Fernandez, count of Castile
Gregory IV, duke of Naples
Jing Hao, Chinese painter
Leoluca, Sicilian abbot (approximate date)
Li Yanlu, Chinese warlord
Ratbod, archbishop of Trier
Reginar I, Frankish nobleman
Regino of Prüm, German abbot
Spytihněv I, duke of Bohemia
Sunyer II, Frankish nobleman
Tuotilo, German composer (approximate date)

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The 1000s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1000, and ended on December 31, 1009.

The 820s decade ran from January 1, 820, to December 31, 829.

The 830s decade ran from January 1, 830, to December 31, 839.

The 840s decade ran from January 1, 840, to December 31, 849.

The 880s decade ran from January 1, 880, to December 31, 889.

The 900s decade ran from January 1, 900, to December 31, 909.

The 910s decade ran from January 1, 910, to December 31, 919.

The 920s decade ran from January 1, 920, to December 31, 929.

The 940s decade ran from January 1, 940, to December 31, 949.

The 950s decade ran from January 1, 950, to December 31, 959.

The 960s decade ran from January 1, 960, to December 31, 969.

The 970s decade ran from January 1, 970, to December 31, 979.

Year 820 (DCCCXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Year 966 (CMLXVI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">961</span> Calendar year

Year 961 (CMLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

Year 962 (CMLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Year 950 (CML) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

Year 900 (CM) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">960</span> Calendar year

Year 960 (CMLX) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. It was the 960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 1st millennium, the 60th year of the 10th century, and the first year of the 960s decade.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">905</span> Calendar year

Year 905 (CMV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

References

↑ Peter Partner (January 1, 1972). The Lands of St. Peter: The Papal State in the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance (illustrated ed.). University of California Press. pp. 81-82. ISBN 9780520021815.
↑ al-Sāʿī, Ibn; Toorawa, Shawkat M.; Bray, Julia (2017). كتاب جهات الأئمة الخلفاء من الحرائر والإماء المسمى نساء الخلفاء: Women and the Court of Baghdad. Library of Arabic Literature. NYU Press. pp. 20, 22. ISBN 978-1-4798-6679-3.

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[1] Peter Partner (January 1, 1972). The Lands of St. Peter: The Papal State in the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance (illustrated ed.). University of California Press. pp. 81-82. ISBN 9780520021815.

[2] -Sāʿī, Ibn; Toorawa, Shawkat M.; Bray, Julia (2017). كتاب جهات الأئمة الخلفاء من الحرائر والإماء المسمى نساء الخلفاء: Women and the Court of Baghdad. Library of Arabic Literature. NYU Press. pp. 20, 22. ISBN 978-1-4798-6679-3.

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Gregorian calendar	915 CMXV
Ab urbe condita	1668
Armenian calendar	364 ԹՎ ՅԿԴ
Assyrian calendar	5665
Balinese saka calendar	836–837
Bengali calendar	322
Berber calendar	1865
Buddhist calendar	1459
Burmese calendar	277
Byzantine calendar	6423–6424
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3612 or 3405 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 3613 or 3406
Coptic calendar	631–632
Discordian calendar	2081
Ethiopian calendar	907–908
Hebrew calendar	4675–4676
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	971–972
- Shaka Samvat	836–837
- Kali Yuga	4015–4016
Holocene calendar	10915
Iranian calendar	293–294
Islamic calendar	302–303
Japanese calendar	Engi 15 (延喜１５年)
Javanese calendar	814–815
Julian calendar	915 CMXV
Korean calendar	3248
Minguo calendar	997 before ROC 民前997年
Nanakshahi calendar	−553
Seleucid era	1226/1227 AG
Thai solar calendar	1457–1458
Tibetan calendar	阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 1041 or 660 or −112 — to — 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 1042 or 661 or −111

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