950

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

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

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