    __notoc__ year 954 (cmliv) was a common year starting on sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == === by place === ==== europe ==== * king mÃ¡el coluim i of scotland is killed in battle against the highlanders. he is succeeded by indulf i of scotland. * chateau chinon is built by theobald i of blois. * a hungarian army led by bulcsÃº fights in germany against otto i, than goes to france where it besieges many monasteries and the city of cambrai. they return home in northern italy. * on the death of eric bloodaxe, edred becomes the first king of all england. * principality of seborga claims its independence == births == * alphege, archbishop of canterbury (d. 1012) * wang yucheng == deaths == * september 10 &ndash; king louis iv of france (b. 920) * king eric i of norway * guo wei, also known as emperor taizu of later zhou * feng tao * liu min == references ==  
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