943
Fujiwara no Atsutada, Japanese nobleman and poet (born 906)
Fujiwara no Atsutada was a mid-Heian waka and Japanese nobleman.
Fujiwara no Atsutada, Japanese nobleman and poet (born 906)
The 940s
Explore 39 historical events from 940–949.
943
Taejo of Goryeo, Korean king (born 877)
Taejo, personal name Wang Kŏn, also known as Taejo Wang Kŏn, was the founder of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea. He ruled from 918 to 943, achieving unification of the Later Three King…
Taejo of Goryeo, Korean king (born 877)
943
Motoyoshi, Japanese nobleman and poet (born 890)
Prince Motoyoshi was a poet and nobleman of the Heian period. One of his poems is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu as number 20 in the anthology. Twenty of his poems were inclu…
Motoyoshi, Japanese nobleman and poet (born 890)
942
A Magyar raiding army defeats forces of the Muslim frontier state of Fraxinetum
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
942
Liu Yan, emperor of Southern Han (born 889)
Liu Yan, né Liu Yan (劉巖), also named Liu Zhi (劉陟) and briefly as Liu Gong (劉龔), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Southern Han (南漢高祖), was the first emperor of …
Liu Yan, emperor of Southern Han (born 889)
942
Shi Jingtang, emperor of Later Jin (born 892)
Shi Jingtang, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Later Jin (後晉高祖), was the founding emperor of the Later Jin dynasty of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten K…
Shi Jingtang, emperor of Later Jin (born 892)
942
Liu, empress dowager of Later Jin
Empress Dowager Liu was an empress dowager of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Jin.
Liu, empress dowager of Later Jin
942
Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of…
The Battle of al-Mada'in was fought near al-Mada'in in central Iraq between the armies of the Hamdanids and the Baridis, for control over Baghdad, the capital and seat of the Abbas…
Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of…
941
1085 years ago
Lê Hoàn, Vietnamese emperor (died 1005)
Lê Hoàn, posthumously title Lê Đại Hành, was the founding emperor of the Early Lê dynasty, who ruled Đại Cồ Việt from 981 to 1005. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of th…
Lê Hoàn, Vietnamese emperor (died 1005)
941
1085 years ago
Bajkam, de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate
Abū al-Husayn Bajkam al-Mākānī, referred to as Bajkam, Badjkam or Bachkam, was a Turkish military commander and official of the Abbasid Caliphate. A former ghulam of the Ziyarid dy…
Bajkam, de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate
940
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician and astronomer (died 998)
Abū al-Wafāʾ Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Būzjānī or Abū al-Wafā Būzhjānī was a Persian mathematician and astronomer who worked in Baghdad. He made …
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician and astronomer (died 998)
940
Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (born 877)
Eutychius of Alexandria was the Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria. He is known for being one of the first Christian Egyptian writers to use the Arabic language. His writings include …
Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (born 877)
940
Qian Hongzun, heir apparent of Wuyue (born 925)
Qian Hongzun (錢弘僔), formally Heir Apparent Xiaoxian, was an heir apparent to the throne of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Wuyue during most of the reign o…
Qian Hongzun, heir apparent of Wuyue (born 925)
940
Wang Jianli, Chinese general (born 871)
Wang Jianli (王建立), formally the Prince of Han (韓王), was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang and Later Jin, who also briefly served as a…
Wang Jianli, Chinese general (born 871)
940
Li Decheng, Chinese general (born 863)
Li Decheng (李德誠), formally Prince Zhongyi of Zhao (趙忠懿王), was a prominent general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period Wu state. He and his family would remain hig…
Li Decheng, Chinese general (born 863)