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This article is about the year 940. For the computer, see
SDS 940.
Calendar year
West Slavs during the 9th–10th centuries.
Siemomysł, duke of the
Piast Dynasty.
Year 940 (
CMXL) was a
leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
Japan
By topic
Literature
Religion
Births
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June 10 –
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian
mathematician and
astronomer (d.
998)
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Abdollah ibn Bukhtishu, Syrian
physician and scientist (d.
1058)
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Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (d.
1000)
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Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, Persian mathematician and
physicist (approximate date)
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Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, French queen and
regent (d.
1026)
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Al-Baqillani, Muslim theologian and
jurist (approximate date)
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Baldwin III ("the Young"), Frankish
nobleman (approximate date)
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Chavundaraya, Indian general, architect and
poet (d.
989)
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Damian Dalassenos, Byzantine governor (approximate date)
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Eadwig ("the All-Fair"), king of
England (approximate date)
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Ferdowsi, Persian poet and author (approximate date)
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George El Mozahem, Egyptian
martyr and
saint (d.
969)
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Géza,
Grand Prince of the Hungarians (approximate date)
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Guy (or Guido), margrave of
Ivrea (
Piedmont) (d.
965)
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Henry III ("the Younger"), duke of
Bavaria (approximate date)
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Leopold I, margrave of
Austria (approximate date)
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Lothair I, margrave of the
Nordmark (approximate date)
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Notker of Liège, French bishop and
prince-bishop (d.
1008)
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Sulayman al-Ghazzi, Arab poet and
bishop of Gaza (approximate date)
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Subh of Córdoba, mother and regent of
Hisham II (approximate date)
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Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi, Icelandic
lawspeaker (approximate date)
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Vijayanandi, Indian mathematician and astronomer (approximate date)
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Willigis, German
archchancellor and archbishop (approximate date)
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Wulfhilda of Barking, English nun and
abbess (approximate date)
Deaths
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March 25 –
Taira no Masakado, Japanese nobleman and
samurai
-
May 12 –
Eutychius, patriarch of
Alexandria (b.
877)
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June 7 –
Qian Hongzun,
heir apparent of
Wuyue (b.
925)
-
July 4 –
Wang Jianli, Chinese general (b.
871)
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July 20 –
Ibn Muqla, Abbasid
vizier and
calligrapher
-
August 5 –
Li Decheng, Chinese general (b.
863)
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September 30 –
Fan Yanguang, Chinese general
-
November 8 –
Yao Yi, Chinese
chancellor (b.
866)
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November 14 –
Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami, Samanid vizier
-
December 23 –
Ar-Radi, Abbasid caliph (b.
909)
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December 25 –
Makan ibn Kaki, Daylamite
warlord
-
Atenulf II, prince of
Benevento and
Capua (
Italy)
-
Faelan mac Muiredach, king of
Leinster (
Ireland)
-
Ibn Abd Rabbih, Moorish writer and poet (b.
860)
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Rajyapala, emperor of the
Pala Dynasty (
Bengal)
-
Yang Lian,
crown prince of
Wu (
Ten Kingdoms)
-
Zhao Guangyi, Chinese official and chancellor
References