940 Explained
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
- June 10 - Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician and astronomer (d. 998)
- Abdollah ibn Bukhtishu, Syrian physician and scientist (d. 1058)
- Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1000)
- Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, Persian mathematician and physicist (approximate date)
- Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, French queen and regent (d. 1026)
- Al-Baqillani, Muslim theologian and jurist (approximate date)
- Baldwin III ("the Young"), Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
- Chavundaraya, Indian general, architect and poet (d. 989)
- Damian Dalassenos, Byzantine governor (approximate date)
- Eadwig ("the All-Fair"), king of England (approximate date)
- Ferdowsi, Persian poet and author (approximate date)
- George El Mozahem, Egyptian martyr and saint (d. 969)
- Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (approximate date)
- Guy (or Guido), margrave of Ivrea (Piedmont) (d. 965)
- Henry III ("the Younger"), duke of Bavaria (approximate date)
- Leopold I, margrave of Austria (approximate date)
- Lothair I, margrave of the Nordmark (approximate date)
- Notker of Liège, French bishop and prince-bishop (d. 1008)
- Sulayman al-Ghazzi, Arab poet and bishop of Gaza (approximate date)[2]
- Subh of Córdoba, mother and regent of Hisham II (approximate date)
- Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi, Icelandic lawspeaker (approximate date)
- Vijayanandi, Indian mathematician and astronomer (approximate date)
- Willigis, German archchancellor and archbishop (approximate date)
- Wulfhilda of Barking, English nun and abbess (approximate date)
Deaths
- March 25 - Taira no Masakado, Japanese nobleman and samurai
- May 12 - Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (b. 877)
- June 7 - Qian Hongzun, heir apparent of Wuyue (b. 925)
- July 4 - Wang Jianli, Chinese general (b. 871)
- July 20 - Ibn Muqla, Abbasid vizier and calligrapher
- August 5 - Li Decheng, Chinese general (b. 863)
- September 30 - Fan Yanguang, Chinese general
- November 8 - Yao Yi, Chinese chancellor (b. 866)
- November 14 - Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami, Samanid vizier
- December 23 - Ar-Radi, Abbasid caliph (b. 909)
- 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)
- Rajyapala, emperor of the Pala Dynasty (Bengal)
- Yang Lian, crown prince of Wu (Ten Kingdoms)
- Zhao Guangyi, Chinese official and chancellor
Notes and References
- Book: Turnbull, Stephen . The Samurai Sourcebook . Cassell & Co. . 1998 . 1854095234 . 199.
- Book: Noble . Samuel . Thomas . David . Mallett . Alexander . Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 2 (900-1050) . 17 December 2010 . BRILL . 978-90-04-21618-1 . 617 . 16 January 2024 . en . Sulayman al-Ghazzi.