Events Births Deaths Categories: 957 ... Events Kshemgupta, King of Kashmir dies and is succeeded by his young son Abhimanyu. ... Events October 1 - Edwy, king of England dies and is succeeded by his brother Edgar. ... Events Edgar the Peaceable crowned King of England. ... Events February 2 - Pope John XII crowns Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events Holy Roman Emperor Otto I defeats Mieszko I of Poland, compels him to pay tribute Luxembourg is founded, and the Belgium area becomes part of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. ... Events Nicephorus II begins campaign to recapture Cilicia. ... Events March 1 - Pope Benedict V is put in place of Pope Leo VIII by the people October 1 - John XIII becomes Pope The Khazar fortress of Sarkel falls to the Kievan Rus Births Sweyn I of Denmark Deaths February 22 - Odo, Duke of Burgundy July 4 - Pope Benedict V... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Decades: 880s - 890s _ 900s - 910s - 920s - 930s - 940s - 950s - 960s - 970s - 980s Years: 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 Events: Categories: 930s ... Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Decades: 890s - 900s - 910s - 920s - 930s - 940s - 950s - 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s Years: 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 Events: Births: Deaths: Categories: 940s ... Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Decades: 900s - 910s _ 920s - 930s - 940s - 950s - 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s - 1000s Years: 950 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959 Events Categories: 950s ... Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Decades: 910s - 920s - 930s - 940s - 950s - 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s - 1000s - 1010s Years: 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 969 Events Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus (965) Categories: 960s ... Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Decades: 920s - 930s _ 940s - 950s - 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s - 1000s - 1010s - 1020s Years: 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979 Events Categories: 970s ... Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Decades: 930s - 940s _ 950s - 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s - 1000s - 1010s - 1020s - 1030s Years: 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 Events Kievan Rus accepts Eastern Orthodox Christianity Categories: 980s ... Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Decades: 940s - 950s _ 960s - 970s - 980s - 990s - 1000s - 1010s _ 1020s - 1030s - 1040s 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000 Events: Sei Shonagon writes The Pillow Book, a compilation of her daily observations, thoughts and feelings as an... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... This earthenware dish was made in 9th century Iraq. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ...

Events

• Byzantine Empire recaptures Crete from Muslim control
• Ani made the capital of Armenia by the Bagratid dynasty
• Haakon I of Norway squashed the rebelling forces of Eric Bloodaxe's sons but was killed in the Battle of Fitje.
• Harald II of Norway becomes ruler of Western part of Norway

Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Greece and Crete Crete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti, in Turkish: Girit) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Ani, Church of Saint Gregory and Citadel Ani, known to Romans as Abnicum, is a ruined capital of medieval Armenia, situated in Turkey, province of Kars, immediately south from the Turko-Armenian frontier, at an altitude of 4390 ft. ... The Bagratids (also called Bagrationi or Bagratuni) were a Royal family in Transcaucasia. ... Haakon I (ca. ... Eirik Bloodaxe (Old Norse:Eiríkr blóðöx, Icelandic:Eiríkur blóðöx, Norwegian:Eirik Blodøks) (circa 885 – 954), was the second king of Norway (930-934) and the eldest son of his father Harald Fairhair. ... The Battle of Fitje took place in 961 between the Norwegian king Haakon the Good and the sons of Eric Bloodaxe. ... Harald II (-976), surnamed Gråfell (Norwegian) / Graafeld (Danish) / Greyhide (English), was the son of Eric Bloodaxe and a grandson of Harald Finehair. ...

Births

• Edith of Wilton
• Sigmundur Brestisson, chieftain in the Faroe Islands.

Saint Edith of Wilton or Eadgyth or Ediva (961 - September 16th, 984), was the illegitimate daughter of Edgar the Peaceful. ... Sigmundur Brestisson (961-1005) introduced christianity in the Faroe Islands in 999. ...

Deaths

• King Haakon I of Norway
• Abd-ar-rahman III, Caliph of Cordoba