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Year 940 (CMXL) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Asia

  • Saadia Gaon compiles his siddur (Jewish prayer book) in Iraq.
  • Narita-san Temple is founded in Chiba, Japan.
  • The Liao Dynasty abolishes the requirement that a younger sister replace an older sister who died in marriage.

    • Europe

  • The oldest known Danish king, Gorm the Old, takes the throne.
  • Construction begins on the main forts in Greater Poland: Giecz, Bnin, Ląd, Gniezno, Poznań, Grzybowo. All the forts are constructed rapidly between 939 and 942.

    • Births

  • Abu'l-Wafa, Iranian mathematician
  • Brian Boru, high king of Ireland
  • Géza, fejedelem of the Magyars (approximate date)
  • Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, queen of Aquitaine, regent of Gévaudan and Provence (d. 1026) (approximate date)
  • Subh of Cordoba, mother and regent of the Caliph of Cordoba (d. 999) (approximate date)

    • Deaths

  • July 20 – Ibn Muqla, Abbasid vizier and calligrapher (b. 885)
  • December 25 – Makan ibn Kaki, Dailamite warlord
  • ar-Radi (Caliph of Baghdad)
  • Taira no Masakado, leader of the Taira Clan

    • References

    940 Wikipedia
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