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Year 954 (CMLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Europe

  • King Máel Coluim I of Scotland is killed in battle against the Highlanders. He is succeeded by Indulf I of Scotland.
  • Chateau Chinon is built by Theobald I of Blois.
  • A Hungarian army, led by Bulcsú, fights in Germany against Otto I, then goes to France, where it besieges many monasteries and the city of Cambrai. Afterward, they return home to northern Italy.
  • On the death of Eric Bloodaxe, Edred becomes the first king of all England.

    • Births

  • Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1012)
  • Wang Yucheng

    • Deaths

  • September 10 – King Louis IV of France (b. 920)
  • King Eric I of Norway
  • Guo Wei, also known as Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou
  • Feng Dao
  • Liu Min
  • Empress Li (Later Han)

    • References

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