Title: 940s Content: Below are some of the important events that happened from 940 to 949. __NOTOC__ ==940== * Saadia Gaon makes his siddur (Jewish prayer book) in Iraq. * Narita-san Temple is founded in Chiba, Japan. * The Liao Dynasty stops the rule that a younger sister replace an older sister who died in marriage. === Births === * Abu'l-Wafa, Iranian mathematician * Brian Boru, high king of Ireland === Deaths === * July 20 - Ibn Muqla, Abbasid vizier and calligrapher * December 25 - Makan ibn Kaki, Dailamite warlord * Taira no Masakado, leader of the Taira Clan ==941== * The Rus'-Byzantine War is fought. * Oda the Severe becomes Archbishop of Canterbury. === Births === * Charles d'Outremer, son of Louis IV of France * Brian Bórumha mac Cennétig, High-King of Ireland === Deaths === * April 21 - Bajkam, commander of commanders of the Abbasid Caliphate ==942== * The Chavda Kingdom is overthrown in Gujarat, India. * October 30 - Pope Marinus II succeeds Pope Stephen VIII as the 128th pope. === Births === * Pampa, Kannada poet in India * Genshin, Tendai scholar === Deaths === * King Idwal Foel of Gwynedd * December 17 - William I of Normandy * Gaozu of Later Jin, founder of the Later Jin Dynasty in China * Liu Yan of the Southern Han Kingdom ==943== * King Constantin II of Scotland retires and becomes a monk. His cousin Malcolm I of Scotland becomes king. === Births === *Dayang Jingxuan, a Zen Buddhist monk === Deaths === * Wang Kon, founder of the Koryo dynasty * Emperor Liezu of Southern Tang ==944== * The city of Algiers is (re)founded by the Zirid king Buluggin ibn Ziri. * Abu Yazid starts a rebellion against the Fatimids in the Aures Mountains. * The Al-Askari Mosque is built in Samarra. * King Edmund I of England takes Northumbria from the Vikings. * Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos is deposed as Byzantine emperor. It was by his own sons, Stephen Lekapenos and Constantine Lekapenos. === Births === * Otto, Duke of Burgundy * Minamoto no Yorimitsu * Fujiwara no Sukemasa * Fujiwara no Akimitsu === Deaths === * Flaithbertach mac Inmainén, abbot of Inis Cathaig, Ireland * Wilgred of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne * Abu Mansur Al Maturidi, Muslim theologian * Ngo Quyen, Vietnamese prefect and general * Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman * Donnchad Donn, King of Ireland ==945== * The Buyid dynasty takes control of Baghdad. * The Min Kingdom is taken over by the Southern Tang Kingdom. * Edmund I of England conquers Strathclyde. He makes an alliance with Malcolm I of Scotland and gives Cumberland and Westmorland to him. * Lothair II of Italy takes control of Italy. * Romanos I Lekapenos is overthrown. Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII rules alone. === Births === * Abbo of Fleury, French monk === Deaths === * Igor of Kiev * King Krešimir I of Croatia ==946== * Eadred I becomes king of England. * Emperor Murakami becomes Emperor of Japan. * May 10 - Pope Agapitus II succeeds Pope Marinus II as the 129th pope. === Deaths === * May 17 - Al Qa'im, second Fatimid caliph. * May 26 - King Edmund I of England ==947== * The Later Jin Dynasty falls to the Later Han Dynasty in China. === Births === * Adelaide of Anjou, daughter of Fulk II of Anjou and Gerberg === Deaths === * May 18 - Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty * Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl, Toltec ruler * Wulfgar of Lichfield, Bishop of Lichfield * Sexhelm of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne * Shi Chonggui, last Emperor of China from the Later Jin Dynasty * Uchtred of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne * Zoltán of Hungary, Grand Prince of the Magyars ==948== * The Nri Kingdom is started by Eri. The kingdom was in what is now Nigeria. * The Nallur Kandaswamy temple is built. === Births === * Gang Gam-chan, Korean government official and military commander * Emperor Jingzong of Liao === Deaths === * December 16 - Romanos I Lekapenos, Byzantine Emperor * Gao Conghui * Gaozu of Later Han ==949== * The Byzantine Empire starts another expedition against the Emirate of Crete. === Deaths === * Emperor Yōzei, Emperor of Japan * Yunmen Wenyan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk