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Calendar overview 957
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| 957 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 405/406 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 949/950 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1500/01 (southern Buddhism); 1499/1500 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 60th (61st) cycle
Year of the Fire Snake丁巳 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Dragon 丙辰) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 319/320 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 335/336 |
| Islamic calendar | 345/346 (turn of the year April 3rd / 4th) |
| Jewish calendar | 4717/18 (August 28-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 673/674 |
| Malayalam calendar | 132/133 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDCCX (1710)
Diocletian's era : 673/674 (November turn of the year) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1267/68 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1268/69 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 995 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1013/14 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Europe
- September 6th : Liudolf von Schwaben, who had been given grace by his father Otto the Great the previous year , dies surprisingly of a fever on a campaign against Berengar von Ivrea in Italy . Berengar then takes over again as king in Italy.
- Mercia and Northumbria renounce - probably at the instigation of Abbot Dunstan - from the Kingdom of England under Eadwig and recognize his younger brother Edgar as king. Thereupon Dunstan has Eadwig banished from the kingdom.
- Wilfried II , Count of Besalú from the House of Barcelona , is murdered by his own vassals and dies without male heirs. His older brother Sunifred II , Count of Cerdanya and Conflent , takes over his brother's county.
- Archbishop Brun of Cologne , also Duke of Lorraine , invades the county of Hainaut together with the West Franconian King Lothar and defeats Count Reginar III. who attacked Brussels last year . His family is captured and he has to give up all conquered areas.
- 957/ 958 : . Mastalus II becomes the first Duke of the newly founded Duchy of Amalfi selected.
First documentary mentions
- First documentary mention of Aschaffenburg and Nordhausen
- The Portuguese town of Sangalhos is first mentioned in a document.
society
- 956 /957: Romanos , son of the Byzantine emperor . Constantine VII , marries Anastaso , the daughter of an innkeeper.
religion
- 955 /957: Christianization of Rus : When visiting Konstantin Opel at Kaiser . Constantine VII can be Olga of Kiev , regent of the Kievan Rus baptized.
Born
- Abu l-Fawaris , ruler of the Ichschidids in Egypt († 987 )
Died
- September 6th : Liudolf , Duke of Swabia (* 930 or 931 )
- September 19 : Lantpert , Bishop of Freising (* around 895 )
- September: al-Masʿūdī , Arab philosopher, geographer and historian (* around 895 )
- Dedi , Count of Hassegau
- Wilfried II , Count of Besalú
Web links
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