| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
| Decades: | 910s 920s 930s - 940s - 950s 960s 970s |
| Years: | 937 938 939 - 940 - 941 942 943 |
| 940 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 940 CMXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1693 |
| Armenian calendar | 389 ԹՎ ՅՁԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -904 – -903 |
| Berber calendar | 1890 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1484 |
| Burmese calendar | 302 |
| Chinese calendar | 3576/3636-11-19 (己亥年十一月十九日) — to —
3577/3637-11-30(庚子年十一月三十日) |
| Coptic calendar | 656 – 657 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 932 – 933 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4700 – 4701 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 995 – 996 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 862 – 863 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4041 – 4042 |
| Holocene calendar | 10940 |
| Iranian calendar | 318 – 319 |
| Islamic calendar | 328 – 329 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3273 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1483 |
Events
By Place
Asia
- Saadia Gaon compiles his siddur (Jewish prayer book) in Iraq. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends Construction begins on the first church at the monastery of Cluny. Events and Trends Simple920s Zh-yue920年代 Events and Trends Simple930s Zh-yue930年代 Events and Trends Simple940s Zh-yue940年代 Events and Trends Simple950s Zh-yue950年代 Events and Trends Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus ( 965) Simple970s Zh-yue970年代 This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events By Place Europe Battle of Brunanburh: King Athelstan of England defeats the Viking king of Events By Place Asia The Liao Dynasty takes over Peking; they name Nanjing as their South Palace This article is about the year 939. For the CPU socket see Socket 939 Events By Place Asia Events By Place Asia The Rus'-Byzantine War (941 is fought By Topic Religion Oda Events By Place Asia Kaminarimon the eight-pillared gate to Japan 's Kinryuzan Sensouji Temple, is erected Events By Place Europe King Constantin II of Scotland retires and becomes a monk succeeded by his cousin Malcolm I of Scotland 939 state leaders - Events of 940 - 941 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Africa Ifriqiya - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King A siddur ( Hebrew: סידור plural siddurim) is a Jewish Prayer book, containing a set order of daily prayers. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics.
- Narita-san Temple is founded in Chiba, Japan. Narita-san (成田山 lit Narita mountain is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in central Narita city Chiba prefecture, Japan. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines--> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Greater Tokyo Area. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
- The Liao Dynasty abolishes the requirement that a younger sister replace an older sister who died in marriage. The Liao Dynasty ( 907 - 1125, also known as the Khitan Empire (契丹國 was an empire in northern China that ruled over the regions of Manchuria NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS **************
Europe
- Oldest known Danish King, Gorm the Old
Births
- Abu'l-Wafa, Iranian mathematician
- Brian Boru, high king of Ireland
- Géza, fejedelem of the Magyars (approximate date)
Deaths
- ar-Radi (Caliph of Baghdad)
- Ibn Muqlah, Islamic calligrapher (b. Brian mac Cennétig, called Brian Bóruma, ( c 941&ndash23 April 1014 (Brian Boru Brian Bóraimhe was an Irish king who ended the centuries-long domination Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Géza (c 945 &ndash 997 Grand Prince of the Magyars (before 972 - 997 Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. Ar-Radi (الراضي was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 934 to his death at the age of thirty-three in 940 The Caliph is the Head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Abu 'ali Muhammad Ibn 'ali Ibn Muqlah Shirazi ( Persian: ابن مقله شیرازی) of Iranian Origin (born 886 in Baghdad --died 886)
- Taira no Masakado, leader of the Taira Clan
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