958 CE

/ November – Battle of Raban: The Byzantines under John Tzimiskes defeat the Hamdanid forces in northern Syria. Emir Sayf al-Dawla is forced to retreat – many of his court companions and ghilman fall in pursuit, while over 1,700 of his Turk cavalry are captured and paraded in the streets of Constantinople. King Ksemagupta dies of a fever after a hunting party. He is succeeded by his youngest son Abhimanyu II. Queen Didda, the widow of Ksemagupta, becomes regent and the de facto ruler of Kashmir (modern India). Emperor Chai Rong of the Later Zhou invades the Northern Han and the Khitan Empire in the Sixteen Prefectures (northern China), but is defeated.

In the 950s, the 10th century.

Conflict & Security

  • October / November – Battle of Raban: The Byzantines under John Tzimiskes defeat the Hamdanid forces in northern Syria. Emir Sayf al-Dawla is forced to retreat – many of his court companions and ghilman fall in pursuit, while over 1,700 of his Turk cavalry are captured and paraded in the streets of Constantinople.source
  • King Berengar II invades the March of Verona, which is under control of the dukes of Bavaria, and lay siege to Count Adalbert Atto at Canossa Castle (northern Italy). Berengar sends a Lombard expeditionary force under his son Guy of Ivrea against Theobald II, duke of Spoleto. He captures Spoleto and Camerino.source
  • The Fatimid general Abu al-Hasan Jawhar ibn Abd Allah takes Ifgan, the capital of the rebellious Kharijite Banu Ya'la tribe. In the following two years, Jawhar conquers most of the north of modern-day Morocco and Algeria. In particular, he conquers the cities of Tangier, Sijilmasa and Tlemcen.source
  • Emperor Chai Rong of the Later Zhou invades the Northern Han and the Khitan Empire in the Sixteen Prefectures (northern China), but is defeated.source

Births

  • Yaropolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev (approximate date)source
  • Rinchen Zangpo, Tibetan Buddhist monk (died 1055)source
  • Otto-William, count of Burgundy (approximate date)source
  • Yang Yanzhao, general of the Song dynasty (died 1014)source
  • Samuel, tsar of the Bulgarian Empire (approximate date)source
  • Basil II (Bulgar Slayer), Byzantine emperor (died 1025)source
  • Vladimir I (the Great), Grand Prince of Kiev (died 1015)source

Deaths

  • May – Ibn Durustawayh, Persian grammarian, lexicographer and student of the Quran and hadith (born 872)source
  • June 2 – Oda (the Good), archbishop of Canterburysource
  • September 17 – Li Jingsui, Chinese prince (born 920)source
  • September 18 – Liu Sheng, Chinese emperor (born 920)source
  • October 15 – Toda, queen of Pamplona (born 876)source
  • Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto, Japanese waka poetsource
  • Lashkarwarz, Daylamite military commandersource
  • King Ksemagupta dies of a fever after a hunting party. He is succeeded by his youngest son Abhimanyu II. Queen Didda, the widow of Ksemagupta, becomes regent and the de facto ruler of Kashmir (modern India).source
  • Ammar ibn Ali al-Kalbi, Fatimid military commandersource
  • Qingliang Wenyi, Chinese Buddhist monksource
  • Mastalus II, duke and patrician of Amalfi (Italy)source
  • Sumbat I, king of Iberia (Georgia)source
  • Faifne an Filí, Irish poet and ollamh ("professor")source
  • Gorm the Old, king of Denmark. He was born before 900 and may have died as late as 964.source