Explore 15 historical events from 940–949.
Alberic II was princeps of Rome from 932 to 954. He controlled the papacy during his reign and the five popes after Pope John XI were appointed by him. A member of the House of The…
Alberic II of Spoleto arranges the election of pope Agapetus II following the death of Pope Marinus II
Fujiwara no Atsutada was a mid-Heian waka and Japanese nobleman.
Fujiwara no Atsutada, Japanese nobleman and poet (born 906)
Hu Jinsi (胡進思) was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Wuyue, becoming powerful during the reign of its third king Qian Hongzuo. After Qian Hongzu…
Hu Jinsi, Chinese general and prefect
Wichmann I the Elder was a member of the Saxon House of Billung. He was a brother of Amelung, Bishop of Verden, and Herman, Duke of Saxony.
Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman
Emperor Suzaku was the 61st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan
Abū al-Husayn Bajkam al-Mākānī, referred to as Bajkam, Badjkam or Bachkam, was a Turkish military commander and official of the Abbasid Caliphate. A former ghulam of the Ziyarid dy…
Bajkam, de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate
Emperor Taizong of Liao, personal name Yaogu, sinicised name Yelü Deguang, courtesy name Dejin, was the second emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China.
Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty
Ma Xifan, courtesy name Baogui (寶規), also known by his posthumous name as the Prince Wenzhao of Chu (楚文昭王), was the third ruler of the Ma Chu dynasty of China during the Five Dynas…
Ma Xifan, king of Chu (born 899)
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 927, when all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united under the rule of Æthelstan, until 1 May 1707…
England is left temporarily without a monarch after the death of King Edmund I in a street fight, resulting in Edmund's
Edmund I or Eadmund I was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a gra…
Edmund I, king of England (born 921)
Hu Jinsi (胡進思) was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Wuyue, becoming powerful during the reign of its third king Qian Hongzuo. After Qian Hongzu…
Hu Jinsi, Chinese general and prefect
Emperor Taizong of Liao, personal name Yaogu, sinicised name Yelü Deguang, courtesy name Dejin, was the second emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China.
Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty
Ma Xifan, courtesy name Baogui (寶規), also known by his posthumous name as the Prince Wenzhao of Chu (楚文昭王), was the third ruler of the Ma Chu dynasty of China during the Five Dynas…
Ma Xifan, king of Chu (born 899)
Alberic II was princeps of Rome from 932 to 954. He controlled the papacy during his reign and the five popes after Pope John XI were appointed by him. A member of the House of The…
Alberic II of Spoleto arranges the election of pope Agapetus II following the death of Pope Marinus II
Emperor Suzaku was the 61st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 927, when all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united under the rule of Æthelstan, until 1 May 1707…
England is left temporarily without a monarch after the death of King Edmund I in a street fight, resulting in Edmund's
Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh, better known by his regnal name al-Qāʾim (القائم) or al-Qāʾim bi-Amr Allāh, was the twelfth Isma'ili Imam and second caliph of the Fatimid dyn…
Al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (born 893)
Edmund I or Eadmund I was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a gra…
Edmund I, king of England (born 921)
Guaimar II was the Lombard prince of Salerno from 901, when his father Guaimar I retired to a monastery where he resided until his death. His mother was Itta. He was associated wit…
Guaimar II (Gybbosus), Lombard prince
Edmund I or Eadmund I was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a gra…
King Edmund I of England was murdered at Pucklechurch on the feast day of St Augustine
Wichmann I the Elder was a member of the Saxon House of Billung. He was a brother of Amelung, Bishop of Verden, and Herman, Duke of Saxony.
Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman
Fujiwara no Atsutada was a mid-Heian waka and Japanese nobleman.
Fujiwara no Atsutada, Japanese nobleman and poet (born 906)
A Hungarian raid in Spain took place in July 942. This was the furthest west the Hungarians raided during the period of their migration into central Europe; although, in a great ra…
A Magyar raiding army defeats forces of the Muslim frontier state of Fraxinetum
Abū al-Husayn Bajkam al-Mākānī, referred to as Bajkam, Badjkam or Bachkam, was a Turkish military commander and official of the Abbasid Caliphate. A former ghulam of the Ziyarid dy…
Bajkam, de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate
Eutychius of Alexandria was the Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria. He is known for being one of the first Christian Egyptian writers to use the Arabic language. His writings include …
Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (born 877)