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Calendar overview 941
Map with all linked sites: | 941 | |
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 unsuccessfully plans the murder of his brother King Otto I. |
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| 941 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 389/390 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 933/934 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1484/85 (southern Buddhism); 1483/84 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 60th (61st) cycle
Year of the Metal Ox辛丑 ( at the beginning of the year Metal Rat 庚子) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 303/304 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 319/320 |
| Islamic calendar | 329/330 (turn of the year 25/26 September) |
| Jewish calendar | 4701/02 (September 24/25) |
| Coptic calendar | 657/658 |
| Malayalam calendar | 116/117 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDCXCIV (1694)
Diocletian's era : 657/658 (New Year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1251/52 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1252/53 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 979 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 997/998 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Western and Northern Europe
Olaf Cuaran becomes King of Dublin and Jorvik succeeds his cousin Olaf Guthfrithsson , who is killed in a raid on a church in Northumbria . However, he is unable to hold the territories conquered by his cousin.
Central Europe
- Heinrich I , Duke of Lorraine , plans to murder his brother, King Otto I. He is betrayed and imprisoned in Ingelheim . His accomplices are beheaded. Through the intercession of his mother Mathilde , he is pardoned again, but loses Lorraine.
- Count Otto von Verdun is the Duchy of Lorraine belehnt
- Margrave Berengar von Ivrea , who feels threatened by King Hugo I, flees to Duke Hermann I of Swabia and asks for help.
Eastern Europe
- Grand Duke Igor of Kiev attacks Constantinople with a fleet , but fails because of the Greek fire of the Byzantine defenders.
Asia
- After the death of his father Jayavarman IV, Harshavarman II becomes king of the Khmer Empire of Angkor .
First documentary mentions
- January 17th : In the founding document of the Ringelheim monastery, the places Gustedt , Haverlah , Jerstedt , Nauen , Othfresen , Ringelheim , Sehlde , Wallmoden , Vöppstedt and Wendhausen are mentioned for the first time.
- August 6th : Rohrsheim is mentioned for the first time in a deed of donation from King Otto to the Moritz monastery in Magdeburg .
- September 9 : Archbishop Wichfried's deed of gift mentions the place Bocklemünd for the first time.
- The places Brenig , Cochstedt , Dompierre , Egeln , Engelstadt and Westeregeln are first mentioned in a document.
- Arnach is mentioned for the first time in a document in the deed of donation from the knight Berngarius de Arnac to the blessed hermit Ratperonius about land in the Rötsee district .
religion
- January 17th : The Ringelheim Monastery is founded with a certificate issued by Otto I.
Born
- Hugo Capet , King of France († 996 )
- Lothar , King of France († 986 )
Died
Date of death secured
- January 4th : Isangrim , Bishop of Regensburg
- June 20 : Rumhold , Bishop of Munster
Exact date of death unknown
- Fulko I. , Count of Anjou
- Jayavarman IV , King of the Khmer Empire of Angkor
- al-Kulainī , Shiite scholar (* 864 )
- Abu Mansur al-Maturidi , founder of Maturidiyya theology (* 893 )
- Olaf Guthfrithsson , Viking King of Dublin and King of Jorvik
Died around 940
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