949
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century · 10th century · 11th century |
| Decades: | 910s · 920s · 930s · 940s · 950s · 960s · 970s |
| Years: | 946 · 947 · 948 · 949 · 950 · 951 · 952 |
| 949 by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 949 CMXLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1702 |
| Armenian calendar | 398 ԹՎ ՅՂԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5699 |
| Bengali calendar | 356 |
| Berber calendar | 1899 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1493 |
| Burmese calendar | 311 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6457–6458 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3645 or 3585 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3646 or 3586 |
| Coptic calendar | 665–666 |
| Discordian calendar | 2115 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 941–942 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4709–4710 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1005–1006 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 870–871 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4049–4050 |
| Holocene calendar | 10949 |
| Iranian calendar | 327–328 |
| Islamic calendar | 337–338 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenryaku 3 (天暦３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 849–850 |
| Julian calendar | 949 CMXLIX |
| Korean calendar | 3282 |
| Minguo calendar | 963 before ROC 民前963年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −519 |
| Seleucid era | 1260/1261 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1491–1492 |
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Year 949 (CMXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- Sayf al-Dawla raids into the Byzantine theme of Lykandos but is defeated. The Byzantines counter-attack and seize Germanikeia, defeating an army from Tarsus, and the raiding as far south as Antioch. Theophilos Kourkouas captures Theodosiopolis for Byzantium.[1]
Europe
- The Byzantine Empire launches another expedition against the Emirate of Crete. The overconfident Byzantine troops, under Constantine Gongyles, are defeated in a surprise attack by the Arabs and flee.[1]
- Hungarians defeat a Bavarian army at Laa.
Deaths
- Emperor Yōzei of Japan
- Yunmen Wenyan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk
References
- 1 2 Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 489, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2
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