# 950

Year 950 (CML) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

## Events
### By place
#### Byzantine Empire

* Arab–Byzantine War: A Hamdanid army (30,000 men) led by Sayf al-Dawla raids into Byzantine theme Anatolia. He defeats Bardas Phokas, but is then ambushed on his return and heavily defeated by Leo Phokas.

#### Europe

* November 22 – King Lothair II dies at Turin (possibly poisoned by Berengar of Ivrea). Berengar is crowned king of Italy and imprisons Lothair's now 19-year-old widow, Adelaide for four months at Como.
* Boleslav I, duke of Bohemia, signs a peace treaty with King Otto I of the East Frankish Kingdom. He becomes his ally, but he probably wasn't forced to resume the payment of tribute.
* Henry I, duke of Bavaria, attacks Western Hungary, taking captives and plunder. He enlarges his duchy in the wars with the Hungarians.

#### Wales

* King Hywel Dda ("the Good") dies after an 8-year reign in which he has established codified laws. His three sons Owain ap Hywel Dda, Rhodri ap Hywel, and Edwin ap Hywel divide Wales amongst themselves.

#### Oceania

* The Tu'i Tonga Empire starts to expand in the Pacific Ocean. The Tu'i Tonga kings establish the capital at Mu'a on the island of Tongatapu (approximate date).

#### North America

* The Mount Edziza volcanic complex in British Columbia, Canada, produces an explosive eruption that deposits the Sheep Track Member.

#### Africa

* City of Mogadishu is Established

### By topic
#### Religion

* Page with Joshua Leading the Israelites, from the Joshua Roll, is made in Constantinople. It is now kept at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome (approximate date).

## Births

* June 12 – Reizei, Japanese emperor (d. 1011)
* Bernard I, German nobleman (approximate date)
* Dedo I, German nobleman (approximate date)
* Egbert, archbishop of Trier (approximate date)
* Emma of Blois, duchess of Aquitaine (d. 1003)
* Erik the Red, Norse Viking explorer (d. 1003)
* Guy of Anderlecht, Christian saint (d. 1012)
* Herbert III, Frankish nobleman (d. 995)
* Ibn Yunus, Fatamid astronomer (d. 1009)
* Lady Finella, Scottish noblewoman (d. 995)
* Lambert I, French nobleman (approximate date)
* Lothair Udo I, German nobleman (d. 994)
* Masako, Japanese empress consort (d. 1000)
* Moninho Viegas, French knight (d. 1022)
* Notker III, German Benedictine monk (d. 1022)
* Odo I (or Eudes), French nobleman (d. 996)
* Otto I, duke of Carinthia (approximate date)
* Reginar IV, French nobleman (approximate date)
* Sarolt, Grand Princess of Hungary (d. 1008)
* Soběslav, Bohemian nobleman (d. 1004)
* William I, French nobleman (approximate date)
* Wolbodo, bishop of Liège (approximate date)

## Deaths

* January 15 – Wang Jingchong, Chinese general
* October 7 – Li, Chinese empress consort
* October – Al-Qahir, Abbasid caliph (b. 899)
* November 22 – Lothair II, king of Italy
* December 24
** Shi Hongzhao, Chinese general
** Wang Zhang, Chinese official
** Yang Bin, Chinese chancellor
* Ælfric, bishop of Ramsbury (approximate date)
* Al-Farabi, Muslim philosopher (or 951)
* Hywel Dda ("the Good"), king of Wales
* Li Jinquan, Chinese general (approximate date)
* Ricfried, Frankish nobleman (b. 845)
* Sunyer, count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausona
* Zoltán, Grand Prince of Hungary (approximate date)
* Dharma Mahadevi, Indian Queen Regnant