Explore 39 historical events from 940–949.
Alberic II was princeps of Rome from 932 to 954. He controlled the papacy during his reign and the five popes after Pope John XI were appointed by him. A member of the House of The…
Alberic II of Spoleto arranges the election of pope Agapetus II following the death of Pope Marinus II
Emperor Suzaku was the 61st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan
Hu Jinsi (胡進思) was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Wuyue, becoming powerful during the reign of its third king Qian Hongzuo. After Qian Hongzu…
Hu Jinsi, Chinese general and prefect
Edmund I or Eadmund I was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a gra…
King Edmund I of England was murdered at Pucklechurch on the feast day of St Augustine
Wichmann I the Elder was a member of the Saxon House of Billung. He was a brother of Amelung, Bishop of Verden, and Herman, Duke of Saxony.
Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman
Fujiwara no Atsutada was a mid-Heian waka and Japanese nobleman.
Fujiwara no Atsutada, Japanese nobleman and poet (born 906)
Emperor Taizong of Liao, personal name Yaogu, sinicised name Yelü Deguang, courtesy name Dejin, was the second emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China.
Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty
A Hungarian raid in Spain took place in July 942. This was the furthest west the Hungarians raided during the period of their migration into central Europe; although, in a great ra…
A Magyar raiding army defeats forces of the Muslim frontier state of Fraxinetum
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 927, when all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united under the rule of Æthelstan, until 1 May 1707…
England is left temporarily without a monarch after the death of King Edmund I in a street fight, resulting in Edmund's
Edmund I or Eadmund I was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a gra…
Edmund I, king of England (born 921)
Li Shouzhen was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period states Later Jin and Later Han, as well as (briefly) the K…
Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor
Hu Jinsi (胡進思) was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Wuyue, becoming powerful during the reign of its third king Qian Hongzuo. After Qian Hongzu…
Hu Jinsi, Chinese general and prefect
Romanos I Lakapenos or Lekapenos, Latinized as Romanus I Lacapenus or Romanus I Lecapenus, was Byzantine emperor from 920 until his deposition in 944, serving as regent for and sen…
Romanos I Lekapenos, Byzantine Emperor (born c
Zhang Ye (張業), né Zhang Zhiye (張知業), was a general and official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period states Later Tang and Later Shu, serving as a chancellor duri…
Zhang Ye, Chinese general and chancellor
Abū Yazīd Makhlad ibn Kaydād, was a member of the Ibadi sect. He opposed the Ismaili Shia rule of the Fatimids in North Africa and sought to restore Ibadi dominance in the region. …
Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid…
Emperor Taizong of Liao, personal name Yaogu, sinicised name Yelü Deguang, courtesy name Dejin, was the second emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China.
Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty
Ma Xifan, courtesy name Baogui (寶規), also known by his posthumous name as the Prince Wenzhao of Chu (楚文昭王), was the third ruler of the Ma Chu dynasty of China during the Five Dynas…
Ma Xifan, king of Chu (born 899)
Zhang Li, courtesy name Mengchen (夢臣), was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang, as well as the Khitan state Liao.
Zhang Li, official of the Liao Dynasty
Qian Hongzuo, courtesy name Yuanyou (元祐), also known by his temple name as King Chengzong of Wuyue (吳越成宗), was the third king of Wuyue during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms pe…
Qian Hongzuo, king of Wuyue (born 928)
Li Congyi, known as the Prince of Xu (許王), was an imperial prince of the Later Tang dynasty of China. He was the youngest son of its second emperor, Li Siyuan. During the chaos fol…
Li Congyi, prince of Later Tang (born 931)
Consort Dowager Wang, who has another title Wang Taifei (王太妃), known commonly by her imperial consort title Shufei (王淑妃), nicknamed Huajianxiu, was a noble consort to Li Siyuan, th…
Wang, imperial consort of Later Tang
Abū Yazīd Makhlad ibn Kaydād, was a member of the Ibadi sect. He opposed the Ismaili Shia rule of the Fatimids in North Africa and sought to restore Ibadi dominance in the region. …
Abu Yazid, Kharijite rebel leader (born 873)
Alberic II was princeps of Rome from 932 to 954. He controlled the papacy during his reign and the five popes after Pope John XI were appointed by him. A member of the House of The…
Alberic II of Spoleto arranges the election of pope Agapetus II following the death of Pope Marinus II
Emperor Suzaku was the 61st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 927, when all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united under the rule of Æthelstan, until 1 May 1707…
England is left temporarily without a monarch after the death of King Edmund I in a street fight, resulting in Edmund's
Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh, better known by his regnal name al-Qāʾim (القائم) or al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allāh, was the twelfth Isma'ili Imam and second caliph of the Fatimid dyn…
Al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (born 893)
Edmund I or Eadmund I was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a gra…
Edmund I, king of England (born 921)
Guaimar II was the Lombard prince of Salerno from 901, when his father Guaimar I retired to a monastery where he resided until his death. His mother was Itta. He was associated wit…
Guaimar II (Gybbosus), Lombard prince
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ṭughj ibn Juff ibn Yiltakīn ibn Fūrān ibn Fūrī ibn Khāqān, better known by the title al-Ikhshīd after 939, was an Abbasid commander and governor who became th…
Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Egyptian ruler (born 882)
ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dā'ūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ, was an official of the court of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, Abbasid vizier (born 859)
Xu Xinyue, formally the Lady Renhui of Wuyue (吳越國仁惠夫人), was a concubine, possibly later a wife, of Qian Yuanguan, the second king of the Chinese state Wuyue of the Five Dynasties a…
Lady Xu Xinyue, Chinese queen (born 902)
Edmund I or Eadmund I was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a gra…
King Edmund I of England was murdered at Pucklechurch on the feast day of St Augustine
Zhuo Yanming (卓巖明), né Zhuo Yansi (卓偃巳), dharma name Timing (體明), was a Buddhist monk in the late years of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period Min state. After the M…
Zhuo Yanming, Chinese Buddhist monk and emperor
Wichmann I the Elder was a member of the Saxon House of Billung. He was a brother of Amelung, Bishop of Verden, and Herman, Duke of Saxony.
Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman