949

949 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	949; CMXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1702
Armenian calendar	398; ԹՎ ՅՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	5699
Balinese saka calendar	870–871
Bengali calendar	356
Berber calendar	1899
Buddhist calendar	1493
Burmese calendar	311
Byzantine calendar	6457–6458
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey); 3646 or 3439; — to —; 己酉年 (Earth Rooster); 3647 or 3440
Coptic calendar	665–666
Discordian calendar	2115
Ethiopian calendar	941–942
Hebrew calendar	4709–4710
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1005–1006
- Shaka Samvat	870–871
- Kali Yuga	4049–4050
Holocene calendar	10949
Iranian calendar	327–328
Islamic calendar	337–338
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 3; (天暦３年)
Javanese calendar	849–850
Julian calendar	949; CMXLIX
Korean calendar	3282
Minguo calendar	963 before ROC ; 民前963年
Nanakshahi calendar	−519
Seleucid era	1260/1261 AG
Thai solar calendar	1491–1492
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年; (male Earth-Monkey); 1075 or 694 or −78; — to —; 阴土鸡年; (female Earth-Rooster); 1076 or 695 or −77

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century ; 10th century ; 11th century ;
Decades:	920s ; 930s ; 940s ; 950s ; 960s ;
Years:	946 ; 947 ; 948 ; 949 ; 950 ; 951 ; 952 ;

Last updated January 04, 2025

Year 949 ( CMXLIX ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

Arab-Byzantine War: Hamdanid forces under Sayf al-Dawla raid into the theme of Lykandos, but are defeated. The Byzantines counter-attack and seize Germanikeia, defeating an army from Tarsus, and raiding as far south as Antioch. General ( strategos ) Theophilos Kourkouas captures Theodosiopolis (modern-day Erzurum) after a 7-month siege.^[1]

Europe

A Byzantine expeditionary force under Constantine Gongyles attempts to re-conquer the Emirate of Crete from the Saracens. The expedition ends in a disastrous failure; the Byzantine camp is destroyed in a surprise attack. Gongyles himself barely escapes on his flagship.^[1]
Abd al-Rahman III the Caliph of Córdoba declares Jihad, preparing a large army & conquers the city of Lugo in the extreme North of Iberia. This raid shows to be one of the furthest raids Muslims in Spain ever conducted, done as a show of strength of the Muslim State in Al-Andalus.
King Miroslav (or Miroslaus) is killed by Ban Pribina during a civil war started by his younger brother Michael Krešimir II, who succeeds him as ruler of Croatia.
Summer – The Hungarians defeat a Bavarian army at Laa (modern Austria).^[2]

Japan

September 14 – Fujiwara no Tadahira, a politician and chancellor ( kampaku ), dies at his native Kyoto. Having governed Japan as regent under Emperor Suzaku since 930. The Fujiwara clan will continue to hold the regency until 1180, controlling the imperial government.

Births

Fujiwara no Nagatō, Japanese bureaucrat and poet (d. 1009)
Gebhard of Constance, German bishop (d. 995)
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland (d. 1022)
Mathilde, German abbess and granddaughter of Otto I (d. 1011)^[3]
Ranna, Kannada poet (India) (approximate date)
Symeon (the New Theologian), Byzantine monk and poet (d. 1022)
Uma no Naishi, Japanese nobleman and waka poet (d. 1011)

Deaths

June 1 – Godfrey, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
August 17 – Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor
September 14 – Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman and regent (b. 880)
September/October – Abdallah ibn al-Mustakfi, Abbasid caliph (b. 905)^[4]

December – Imad al-Dawla, founder of the Buyid dynasty (Iran)
December 2 – Odo of Wetterau, German nobleman
December 10 – Herman I, duke of Swabia
date unknown
- An, Chinese imperial consort (Five Dynasties)
- Eadric, ealdorman of Wessex (approximate date)
- Jeongjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 923)
- Miroslav (or Miroslaus), king of Croatia ^[5]
- Xiao Han, general of the Khitan Liao dynasty
- Yunmen Wenyan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk^[6]
- Zhao Tingyin, general of Later Shu (b. 883)

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

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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.

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

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References

1 2 Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 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.
↑ Ethelwerd (1962). The chronicle of Æthelweard. Nelson. p. xiii.
↑ Bowen, Harold (1928). The Life and Times of ʿAlí Ibn ʿÍsà: The Good Vizier. Cambridge University Press. p. 385.
↑ Francis Ralph Preveden (1962). A History of the Croatian People from Their Arrival on the Shores of the Adriatic to the Present Day: Prehistory and early period until 1397 A.D. Philosophical Library. p. 67.
↑ Beata Grant (1994). Mount Lu Revisited: Buddhism in the Life and Writings of Su Shih. University of Hawaii Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-8248-1625-4.

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[Treadgold949-1] 1 2 Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 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] Ethelwerd (1962). The chronicle of Æthelweard. Nelson. p. xiii.

[4] Bowen, Harold (1928). The Life and Times of ʿAlí Ibn ʿÍsà: The Good Vizier. Cambridge University Press. p. 385.

[5] Francis Ralph Preveden (1962). A History of the Croatian People from Their Arrival on the Shores of the Adriatic to the Present Day: Prehistory and early period until 1397 A.D. Philosophical Library. p. 67.

[6] Beata Grant (1994). Mount Lu Revisited: Buddhism in the Life and Writings of Su Shih. University of Hawaii Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-8248-1625-4.

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Gregorian calendar	949 CMXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1702
Armenian calendar	398 ԹՎ ՅՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	5699
Balinese saka calendar	870–871
Bengali calendar	356
Berber calendar	1899
Buddhist calendar	1493
Burmese calendar	311
Byzantine calendar	6457–6458
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3646 or 3439 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3647 or 3440
Coptic calendar	665–666
Discordian calendar	2115
Ethiopian calendar	941–942
Hebrew calendar	4709–4710
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1005–1006
- Shaka Samvat	870–871
- Kali Yuga	4049–4050
Holocene calendar	10949
Iranian calendar	327–328
Islamic calendar	337–338
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 3 (天暦３年)
Javanese calendar	849–850
Julian calendar	949 CMXLIX
Korean calendar	3282
Minguo calendar	963 before ROC 民前963年
Nanakshahi calendar	−519
Seleucid era	1260/1261 AG
Thai solar calendar	1491–1492
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1075 or 694 or −78 — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1076 or 695 or −77

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