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| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
| Decades: | 920s 930s 940s - 950s - 960s 970s 980s |
| Years: | 955 956 957 - 958 - 959 960 961 |
| 958 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 958 CMLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1711 |
| Armenian calendar | 407 ԹՎ ՆԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -886 – -885 |
| Berber calendar | 1908 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1502 |
| Burmese calendar | 320 |
| Chinese calendar | 3594/3654-12-9 (丁巳年十二月初九日) — to —
3595/3655-11-19(戊午年十一月十九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 674 – 675 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 950 – 951 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4718 – 4719 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1013 – 1014 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 880 – 881 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4059 – 4060 |
| Holocene calendar | 10958 |
| Iranian calendar | 336 – 337 |
| Islamic calendar | 346 – 347 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3291 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1501 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Asia
- King Kshemgupta of Kashmir dies, and is succeeded by his young son Abhimanyu. Didda, widow of the former and mother of the latter, becomes de facto ruler.
- The Later Zhou Dynasty strikes at Liao Dynasty positions in the Sixteen Prefectures, but is defeated.
[edit] Births
- Basil II, Byzantine Emperor
- Samuil of Bulgaria
- Vladimir I, Prince of Kievan Rus
[edit] Deaths
- King Gorm the Old of Denmark
- Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di, Arab geographer, historian, and physicist
- Tuathal mac Augaire, King of Leinster, Ireland
[edit] Literature
- First literary reference to legendary Sherwood Forest, although no mention yet of Robin Hood, its most famous bandit denizen.
