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

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Asia

  • The Later Jin falls to the Later Han (founded by Gaozu of Later Han) in China.
  • The Khitan Empire adopts the dynastic name "Great Liao".
  • Masudi completes the first version of The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems, an important history book.

    • Europe

  • Horsham in West Sussex gets its first mention, in King Eadred's Charter.

    • Births

  • Adelaide of Anjou, queen regent, daughter of Fulk II of Anjou and Gerberg

    • Deaths

  • May 18 – Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty
  • June 22 – Qian Hongzuo, King of Wuyue
  • August 19 – Abu Yazid, Kharijite Berber who led a rebellion against the Fatimids in Ifriqiya
  • November 23 – Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
  • Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl, Toltec ruler
  • Wulfgar of Lichfield, Bishop of Lichfield
  • Sexhelm of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne
  • Uchtred of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne
  • Zoltán of Hungary, Grand Prince of the Magyars

    • References

    947 Wikipedia
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