948

948 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	948; CMXLVIII
Ab urbe condita	1701
Armenian calendar	397; ԹՎ ՅՂԷ
Assyrian calendar	5698
Balinese saka calendar	869–870
Bengali calendar	355
Berber calendar	1898
Buddhist calendar	1492
Burmese calendar	310
Byzantine calendar	6456–6457
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat); 3645 or 3438; — to —; 戊申年 (Earth Monkey); 3646 or 3439
Coptic calendar	664–665
Discordian calendar	2114
Ethiopian calendar	940–941
Hebrew calendar	4708–4709
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1004–1005
- Shaka Samvat	869–870
- Kali Yuga	4048–4049
Holocene calendar	10948
Iranian calendar	326–327
Islamic calendar	336–337
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 2; (天暦２年)
Javanese calendar	848–849
Julian calendar	948; CMXLVIII
Korean calendar	3281
Minguo calendar	964 before ROC ; 民前964年
Nanakshahi calendar	−520
Seleucid era	1259/1260 AG
Thai solar calendar	1490–1491
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年; (female Fire-Goat); 1074 or 693 or −79; — to —; 阳土猴年; (male Earth-Monkey); 1075 or 694 or −78

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century ; 10th century ; 11th century ;
Decades:	920s ; 930s ; 940s ; 950s ; 960s ;
Years:	945 ; 946 ; 947 ; 948 ; 949 ; 950 ; 951 ;

Last updated May 01, 2024

Year 948 ( CMXLVIII ) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

Arab–Byzantine War: Hamdanid forces under Sayf al-Dawla raid into Asia Minor. The Byzantines respond with reprisals led by Leo Phokas the Younger, taking captives and razing the walls of Hadath (modern Turkey).^[1]

Europe

Two Hungarian armies invade Bavaria and Carinthia. One of them is defeated at Flozzun in the Nordgau by Henry I, duke of Bavaria.^[2]
King Otto I appoints his son Liudolf as duke of Swabia, consolidating Ottonian dominance in Southern Germany.
Sunifred II of Urgell dies without descendants and is succeeded by his nephew Borrell II, count of Barcelona.

England

King Eadred ravages Northumbria and burns down St. Wilfrid's church at Ripon. On his way home, he sustains heavy losses at Castleford. Eadred manages to check his rivals, and the Northumbrians are forced to pay him compensation.^[3]
St. Albans School is founded in Hertfordshire.^[4]

Africa

Spring – Fatimid forces under al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi suppress the rebellion in Palermo and swiftly seize the island. Caliph al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah appoints Ali al-Kalbi as emir of Sicily, beginning the rule of the Kalbid dynasty.
The Kingdom of Nri (modern Nigeria) is founded by the priest-king Eri (until 1041).^[5]

China

February 12 – King Qian Hongzong is deposed by general Hu Jinsi during a coup. He establishes his younger brother Qian Chu as ruler of Wuyue.

By topic

Literature

Minamoto no Kintada, a Japanese official and waka poet, dies. He is a respected nobleman at the imperial court and a member of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.

Religion

Otto I establishes the missionary dioceses of Brandenburg and Havelberg in the territory of the Marca Geronis (Saxon Eastern March).
The Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of the most significant Hindu temples in the Jaffna District (modern Sri Lanka), is built.
St Albans School in Hertfordshire is founded by Wulsin, an abbot of St Alban's Abbey, England.

Births

September 1 – Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 982)
December 22 – Kang Kam-ch'an, Korean official and general (d. 1031)
Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, Twelver Shia theologian (approximate date)
Baba Kuhi of Shiraz, Persian Sufi mystic and writer (d. 1037)
Emma of Italy, queen of the West Frankish Kingdom (approximate date)
Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Japanese nobleman (d. 1021)

Deaths

June 15 – Romanos I, Byzantine emperor (b. c. 870)
March 10 – Liu Zhiyuan, founder of the Later Han (b. 895)
March 13 – Du Chongwei, Chinese general and governor
April 28 – Hu Jinsi, Chinese general and prefect
August 24 – Zhang Ye, Chinese general and chancellor
November 10 – Zhao Yanshou, Chinese general and governor
December 1 – Gao Conghui, prince and ruler of Jingnan (b. 891)
December 12 – Li Song, Chinese official and chancellor
Al-Qasim Guennoun, Idrisid ruler and sultan
Blácaire mac Gofraid, Viking king of Dublin
Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna, Irish queen
Ibrahim ibn Simjur, Samanid governor
Minamoto no Kintada, Japanese waka poet (b. 889)
Sunifred II, count of Urgell (Spain) (b. c. 870)

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

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

The 980s decade ran from January 1, 980, to December 31, 989.

The 990s decade ran from January 1, 990, to December 31, 999.

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Year 910 (CMX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

911 (CMXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

Year 912 (CMXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

The 1020s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1020, and ended on December 31, 1029.

References

↑ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, pp. 487–489, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2
↑ Bóna, István (2000). The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries. Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 27. ISBN 963-8312-67-X.
↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle MS D, 948, but the Historia Regum gives 950.
↑ F.I. Kilvington, A Short History of St Albans School (1986)
↑ Onwuejeogwu, M. Angulu (1981). Igbo Civilization: Nri Kingdom & Hegemony. Ethnographica. ISBN 0-905788-08-7.

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[1] Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, pp. 487–489, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2

[2] Bóna, István (2000). The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries. Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 27. ISBN 963-8312-67-X.

[3] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle MS D, 948, but the Historia Regum gives 950.

[FIK-4] F.I. Kilvington, A Short History of St Albans School (1986)

[Nrilist-5] Onwuejeogwu, M. Angulu (1981). Igbo Civilization: Nri Kingdom & Hegemony. Ethnographica. ISBN 0-905788-08-7.

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Gregorian calendar	948 CMXLVIII
Ab urbe condita	1701
Armenian calendar	397 ԹՎ ՅՂԷ
Assyrian calendar	5698
Balinese saka calendar	869–870
Bengali calendar	355
Berber calendar	1898
Buddhist calendar	1492
Burmese calendar	310
Byzantine calendar	6456–6457
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3645 or 3438 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3646 or 3439
Coptic calendar	664–665
Discordian calendar	2114
Ethiopian calendar	940–941
Hebrew calendar	4708–4709
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1004–1005
- Shaka Samvat	869–870
- Kali Yuga	4048–4049
Holocene calendar	10948
Iranian calendar	326–327
Islamic calendar	336–337
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 2 (天暦２年)
Javanese calendar	848–849
Julian calendar	948 CMXLVIII
Korean calendar	3281
Minguo calendar	964 before ROC 民前964年
Nanakshahi calendar	−520
Seleucid era	1259/1260 AG
Thai solar calendar	1490–1491
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1074 or 693 or −79 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1075 or 694 or −78

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