• The 940s decade ran from January 1, 940, to December 31, 949. The tribe of the Polans begins the construction of the following fortified settlements (Giecz...
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  • The 940s BC is a decade which lasted from 949 BC to 940 BC. 949 BC Mahaparinirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni Siddharta, according to far eastern...
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    transcribed Helgu. Compare Swedish first name Helge.) of Rus' as late as the 940s, during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Romanus I. The nature of Oleg's relationship...
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  • Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 941: Adipurana by Adikavi Pampa...
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  • 900 (number) (section 940s)
    900 (nine hundred) is the natural number following 899 and preceding 901. It is the square of 30 and the sum of Euler's totient function for the first...
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    Sabuktigin (category 940s births)
    ad-Din wa'd-Dawla Sabuktigin (Persian: ابومنصور ناصرالدین والدوله سبکتگین; c. 940s – August-September 997) was the founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty, and amir...
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    Aberffraw dynasty from Gwynedd and Powys and then codified Welsh law in the 940s. Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was the only ruler to unite all of Wales under his...
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  • 11th century BC 10th century BC 9th century BC Decades 980s BC 970s BC 960s BC 950s BC 940s BC Years 969 BC 968 BC 967 BC 966 BC 965 BC 964 BC 963 BC 962 BC 961 BC 960 BC...
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    Byzantine missionaries proselytised in the lands east of the Tisa from the 940s and Byzantine troops occupied Dobruja in the 970s. The first king of Hungary...
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    Jiedushi (section 940s)
    The jiedushi (Chinese: 節度使; Korean: 절도사; romaja: Jeoldosa; Vietnamese: Tiết độ sứ, Old Turkic: Tarduş) or jiedu, was a regional military governor in China;...
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  • then the kingdom of Alba from Constantine II (Causantín mac Áeda) in the 940s until the death of Malcolm II (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda) in 1034. Kings traced...
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    leaders 9th century 10th century 11th century Decades 900s 910s 920s 930s 940s 950s 960s 970s 980s 990s Categories: Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments...
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    have so far won universal acceptance. Most monarchs in Denmark since the 940s have been descendants of Gorm the Old's father Harthacnut and all monarchs...
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  • Controlled by Abbasid Caliphate (750s–c. 930), Ikhshidids (c. 935–940s), Hamdanids (940s–962s), Mamluks of Egypt (14th century–1516) Site history Built 8th...
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    Al-Jazira Province of the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates (639–940s) Capital Raqqa, Harran, Mosul Historical era Early Islamic period • Established...
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    that near West Lake in Hangzhou. China's province of Zhejiang during the 940s was also the place of origin of the Hú family (Hồ in Vietnamese) from which...
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    Northumbrian kingdom of York at different periods. When king of York in the early 940s, he had accepted baptism with Edmund as his godfather, indicating submission...
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  • Khazar letter discussing several matters including the wars of the early 940s, involving the Byzantine Empire, the Khazar Khaganate, and Kievan Rus'. Scholars...
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    Heraclius (610–641). The Vlastimirović dynasty ruled in Serbia until the 940s/960s, when some of the Serbian lands were annexed by the Byzantine Empire...
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    Edgar, King of England (category 940s births)
    Edgar (or Eadgar; c. 944  – 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. He became king of all England on his brother's death....
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  • 940–986 Sweyn Forkbeard, 986–1014 910s 911 – The Vikings settle in Normandy 940s 940 – Around this year, Harald Bluetooth becomes king, ruling with his father...
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    their God, and we did not know where we were, in heaven or on earth." In the 940s or 950s, probably around 954 or 955, after the Rus'–Byzantine War of 941...
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    This article lists historical events that occurred between 901–1000 in modern-day Lebanon or regarding its people. Baalbek witnessed turbulent conditions...
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    Rajaraja I (category 940s births)
    Rajaraja I (Middle Tamil: Rājarāja Cōḻaṉ; Classical Sanskrit: Rājarāja Śōḷa; 3 November 947 – January/February 1014), also known as Rajaraja the Great...
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  • Events from the 10th century in Ireland. 900 Death of Tadg mac Conchobair, King of Connacht Death of Litan, abbot of Tuam 902 Dublin has been abandoned...
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