951

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951 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 951
CMLI
Ab urbe condita 1704
Armenian calendar 400
ԹՎ Ն
Assyrian calendar 5701
Balinese saka calendar 872–873
Bengali calendar 358
Berber calendar 1901
Buddhist calendar 1495
Burmese calendar 313
Byzantine calendar 6459–6460
Chinese calendar 庚戌年 (Metal  Dog)
3648 or 3441
     to 
辛亥年 (Metal  Pig)
3649 or 3442
Coptic calendar 667–668
Discordian calendar 2117
Ethiopian calendar 943–944
Hebrew calendar 4711–4712
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1007–1008
 - Shaka Samvat 872–873
 - Kali Yuga 4051–4052
Holocene calendar 10951
Iranian calendar 329–330
Islamic calendar 339–340
Japanese calendar Tenryaku 5
(天暦5年)
Javanese calendar 851–852
Julian calendar 951
CMLI
Korean calendar 3284
Minguo calendar 961 before ROC
民前961年
Nanakshahi calendar −517
Seleucid era 1262/1263 AG
Thai solar calendar 1493–1494
Tibetan calendar 阳金狗年
(male Iron-Dog)
1077 or 696 or −76
     to 
阴金猪年
(female Iron-Pig)
1078 or 697 or −75
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Queen Adelaide of Italy (931–999)

Year 951 ( CMLI ) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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  • Abd ar-Rahman III signs a peace in 951 with the new king of León, Ordoño III, in order to have a free hand against the Fatimids, whose ships are harassing the caliphal fleet in the Mediterranean and had even launched an assault against Almeria. Abd ar-Rahman's force, led by prime minister Ahmad ibn Said, besieges the Fatimid port of Tunis, which purchases its safety through a huge sum.

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The 940s decade ran from January 1, 940, to December 31, 949.

The 950s decade ran from January 1, 950, to December 31, 959.

The 960s decade ran from January 1, 960, to December 31, 969.

The 980s decade ran from January 1, 980, to December 31, 989.

The 990s decade ran from January 1, 990, to December 31, 999.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">961</span> Calendar year

Year 961 (CMLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">983</span> Calendar year

Year 983 (CMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">958</span> Calendar year

Year 958 (CMLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">947</span> Calendar year

Year 947 (CMXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liu Zhiyuan</span> 10th-century Chinese emperor; founder of the Later Han dynasty (947–951)

Liu Zhiyuan, later changed to Liu Gao (劉暠), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Han (漢高祖), was the founding emperor of the Shatuo-led Chinese Later Han dynasty, the fourth of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He was the older brother of the Northern Han founder Liu Min.

Liu Chengyou, also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Yin of Han (漢隱帝), was the second and last emperor of the Later Han dynasty of China, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He reigned from 948 until his death in 951.

Li Gu, courtesy name Weizhen (惟珍), formally the Duke of Zhao (趙公), was an official of the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou, Liao, and Northern Song dynasties of China. He served as a chancellor under the Later Zhou dynasty.

Empress Li, known as Empress Dowager Zhaosheng (昭聖太后) during Later Zhou, was an empress of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Han. She was the wife of Later Han's founder Liu Zhiyuan and the mother of its second emperor Liu Chengyou. She served as regent in the interregnum of 951, after the death of her son until the installation of his successor.

Su Fengji (蘇逢吉) was a chancellor of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Han. He was historically described as cruel and greedy. He committed suicide when Later Han's emperor Liu Chengyou was killed while trying to battle the general Guo Wei's rebellion.

Su Yugui (蘇禹珪), courtesy name Yuanxi (元錫), formally the Duke of Ju (莒國公), was an official during the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou states, serving as a chancellor during Later Han and Later Zhou.

Yang Bin (楊邠), formally the Prince of Hongnong (弘農王), was a chancellor of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period Later Han state, serving effectively as the head of the government for most of the reign of its second emperor Liu Chengyou, leading a group of high-ranking officials in doing so. However, Liu Chengyou eventually tired of these officials' governance and had Yang killed, along with Shi Hongzhao and Wang Zhang.

References

  1. Timothy Reuter (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 250. ISBN   978-0-521-36447-8.