950

950 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	950; CML
Ab urbe condita	1703
Armenian calendar	399; ԹՎ ՅՂԹ
Assyrian calendar	5700
Balinese saka calendar	871–872
Bengali calendar	357
Berber calendar	1900
Buddhist calendar	1494
Burmese calendar	312
Byzantine calendar	6458–6459
Chinese calendar	己酉年 (Earth Rooster); 3647 or 3440; — to —; 庚戌年 (Metal Dog); 3648 or 3441
Coptic calendar	666–667
Discordian calendar	2116
Ethiopian calendar	942–943
Hebrew calendar	4710–4711
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1006–1007
- Shaka Samvat	871–872
- Kali Yuga	4050–4051
Holocene calendar	10950
Iranian calendar	328–329
Islamic calendar	338–339
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 4; (天暦４年)
Javanese calendar	850–851
Julian calendar	950; CML
Korean calendar	3283
Minguo calendar	962 before ROC; 民前962年
Nanakshahi calendar	−518
Seleucid era	1261/1262 AG
Thai solar calendar	1492–1493
Tibetan calendar	阴土鸡年; (female Earth-Rooster); 1076 or 695 or −77; — to —; 阳金狗年; (male Iron-Dog); 1077 or 696 or −76

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century ; 11th century;
Decades:	930s; 940s; 950s ; 960s; 970s;
Years:	947; 948; 949; 950 ; 951; 952; 953;

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

Events[edit]

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.

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).

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^[3]
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

^ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 489, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2.
^ Bóna, István (2000). The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries. Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 27. ISBN 963-8312-67-X.
^ "Lothar | king of Italy". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved October 28, 2020.