Year 955 ( CMLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

* August 10 – Battle of Lechfeld: King Otto I ("the Great") defeats the Hungarians (also known as

Magyars Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Uralic ...

) near Augsburg ( Germany). Otto's army (7,000 men), mainly composed of heavy cavalry, overwhelms the Hungarians along the

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. The German losses are heavy, among them

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("the Red") and many other nobles. The commanders of the Hungarian army,

Bulcsú Bulcsú (or Vérbulcsú; died 10 August 955) was a Hungarian chieftain, one of the military leaders of prince Taksony of Hungary, a descendant of Árpád. He held the title of horka. He was one of the most important figures of the Hungarian inv ...

and Lehel, are captured and executed. This victory puts an end to the Hungarian campaigns into western Europe. * October 16 –

Battle on the Raxa The Battle on the Raxa river (german: Schlacht an der Raxa) was fought on 16 October 955 over control of the Billung march (in present-day Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northeast Germany) between the forces of Otto I of Germany allied with the Rani tr ...

: Otto I, allied with the

Rani ''Rani'' in Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, sometimes spelled ''Ranee'', is a Hindu/Sanskrit feminine given name. The term is the female form of the term for princely rulers in South and Southeast Asia and applies equally to the wife of a ...

tribe, defeats the Obotrite federation, led by Nako and his brother

Stoigniew Stoigniew (died October 16, 955) was an Obotrite leader, reigning in the middle of the tenth century. He is mentioned as a member of the princely Nakonid dynasty in the medieval chronicles of Thietmar of Merseburg and Widukind of Corvey. He was the ...

(probably at the Recknitz or Elde rivers) near Mecklenburg. The

Elbe Slavs Polabian Slavs ( dsb, Połobske słowjany, pl, Słowianie połabscy, cz, Polabští slované) is a collective term applied to a number of Lechitic ( West Slavic) tribes who lived scattered along the Elbe river in what is today eastern Germa ...

are forced to pay tribute, and accept a peace agreement.

England

* November 23 – King Eadred (or Edred) dies childless after a 9-year reign at Frome ( Somerset). He is succeeded by his 15-year-old nephew, Eadwig, as

King of England The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiw ...

Africa

* The

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Banu Banu or BANU may refer to: * Banu (name) * Banu (Arabic), Arabic word for "the sons of" or "children of" * Banu (makeup artist), an Indian makeup artist * Banu Chichek, a character in the ''Book of Dede Korkut'' * Bulgarian Agrarian National Union ...

Ya'la tribe revolts against the

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Ifriqiya Ifriqiya ( '), also known as al-Maghrib al-Adna ( ar, المغرب الأدنى), was a medieval historical region comprising today's Tunisia and eastern Algeria, and Tripolitania (today's western Libya). It included all of what had previously ...

and destroys the city of

Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...

(modern Algeria). They construct a new capital, Ifgan, near Mascara.Gilbert Meynier (2010). ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p.28.

By topic

Religion

* November 8 – Pope Agapetus II dies after a 9-year reign. He is succeeded by John XII, the son of

Alberic II Alberic II (912–954) was ruler of Rome from 932 to 954, after deposing his mother Marozia and his stepfather, King Hugh of Italy. He was of the house of the counts of Tusculum, the son of Marozia by her first husband, Duke Alberic I of Spoleto ...

(the late ruler of Rome), as the 130th pope of the Catholic Church.

Births

May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...

–

Al-Aziz Billah Abu Mansur Nizar ( ar, أبو منصور نزار , Abū Manṣūr Nizār; 10 May 955 – 14 October 996), known by his regnal name as al-Aziz Billah ( ar, العزيز بالله, al-ʿAzīz bi-llāh, the Mighty One through God), was the fifth ...

, caliph of the

(d.

996 Year 996 ( CMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Japan * February - Chotoku Incident: Fujiwara no Korechika and Takaie shoot an arrow at Retired Em ...

) * October 22 –

Qian Weijun Qian Weijun () (October 22, 955''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'', vol. 81.Academia Sinicabr>Chinese Western-Calendar Converter – 991'' History of Song'', vol. 480.), courtesy name Yuchuan (), formally Prince Anxi of Bin (邠安僖 ...

, king of

Wuyue Wuyue (; ), 907–978, was an independent coastal kingdom founded during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960) of Chinese history. It was ruled by the Haiyan Qian clan (海盐钱氏), whose family name remains widespread in t ...

( Ten Kingdoms) (d.

991 Year 991 (Roman numerals, CMXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * March 1: In Rouen, Pope John XV ratifies the first Peace and Truce of God, Truce of God, between ...

) *

November 9 Events Pre-1600 * 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. * 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...

– Gyeongjong of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (d. 981) *

Aboazar Lovesendes Aboazar Lovesendes (died after 978) was a lord (''domno'') in the County of Portugal in the Kingdom of León in the middle decades of the tenth century. He is the ancestor of the lords of Maia.{{sfn, Almeida Fernandes, 2001, pp=77–79 Aboazar's ...

, Portuguese nobleman (approximate date) * Ælfric of Eynsham, English abbot and writer (approximate date) *

Arduin of Ivrea Arduin ( it, Arduino; – 14 December 1015) was an Italian nobleman who was King of Italy from 1002 until 1014. In 990 Arduin became Margrave of Ivrea and in 991 Count of the Sacred Palace of the Lateran in Rome. In 1002, after the death of Em ...

(I), Lombard margrave and king of Italy (approximate date) * Eido I (or Ägidius), German nobleman and bishop (d.

1015 Year in topic Year 1015 ( MXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Asia * October – Influential Japanese statesman Fujiwara no Michinaga is appoint ...

) * Ezzo (or Ehrenfried), Count Palatine of Lotharingia (Germany) (approximate date) * Gisela of Burgundy, duchess of Bavaria (approximate date) *

Gunther of Bohemia Gunther ( cs, Vintíř; german: Günther; hu, Günter; c. 955–1045) was a German (Bavarian) Catholic hermit and diplomat, who had quite important role in early history of Hungary and especially Bohemia, thanks to his good personal relations ...

, German hermit and saint (d.

1045 Year 1045 ( MXLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * January 20 – Pope Sylvester III becomes the 146th pope, succeeding Benedict IX, who abdicated during the pr ...

) *

Lutgardis of Luxemburg Lutgardis of Luxembourg, also known as Liutgardis, Liutgarde and Lutgard, (955 – ca. 1005 or possibly later) was a countess consort of Holland by marriage to Arnulf, Count of Holland. She was the regent of Holland from 993 until 1005 during the m ...

, countess of Holland ( Netherlands) *

Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg Matilda (December 955 – 999), also known as Mathilda and Mathilde, was a German regent, and the first Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg. She served as regent of Germany for her brother during his absence in 967, and as regent during the minority of ...

, German princess-abbess and daughter of Otto I (d. 999) *

Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (''der Rote''), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy ...

("the Red") (d. 983) * Theophanu, empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d.

) * Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu, king of the Pagan dynasty (d.

1048 Year 1048 ( MXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * September 18 – Battle of Kapetron: A combined Byzantine-Georgian army, under ...

)

Deaths

* July 23 – He Ning, Chinese official and

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(b.

898 __NOTOC__ Year 898 ( DCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * January 1 – King Odo I (or Eudes) dies at La Fère (Northern France) af ...

) * August 10 **

, Hungarian tribal chieftain ('' horka'') **

("the Red"), duke of Lorraine * October 16 –

, Obotrite prince and co-ruler *

November 1 Events Pre-1600 * 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...

– Henry I, Duke of Bavaria * November 8 – Pope Agapetus II, Catholic Church pontiff (b.

905 __NOTOC__ Year 905 ( CMV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – King Berengar I of Italy arranges a truce with the Hungarians, on p ...

) * November 23 – Eadred (or Edred), king of England (b.

923 __NOTOC__ Year 923 ( CMXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * June 15 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I is killed; the Frankish a ...

) * Abu 'Ali Chaghani, ruler of Chaghaniyan ( Turkmenistan) *

Bermudo Núñez Bermudo Núñez (died 955) was a magnate from León and the first Count of Cea. He appears for the first time in 921 confirming a donation to the Monastery of San Benito in Sahagún from which it can be assumed that he was probably born near the e ...

, count of Cea ( Spain) (approximate date) *

Gamle Eirikssen Gamle Eirikssen (c. 910-955) (Old Norse: ''Gamli Eiríksson'') was a 10th-century Norwegian ruler. He was born about 910 in Norway. He was the eldest son of King Eric Bloodaxe and his Queen Gunnhild Gunhild (with variants Gundhild, Gunhilda, G ...

, Norwegian Viking ruler (b.

910 Year 910 ( CMX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. __NOTOC__ Events By place Europe * June 12 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under ...

) * Hervé I, count of Mortagne and Perche * Lehel, Hungarian tribal chieftain (''horka'') * Muhammad ibn Shaddad, Shaddadid ruler * Parantaka I, ruler of Chola Kingdom ( India) * Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan, Kara-Khanid ruler

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