History
950
General
Population: 240 Million*
- Chronology: Estimated start of the "Dark Ages" by some
- Entertainment: "Palatine Anthology" written
- Deaths: Arab philosopher Al-Farabi, Lothar III King of Italy
Africa
- Approximate end of decline of Aksum empire in Ethiopia as Christian empire continues
Igbo-Ukwu culture in E Nigeria begins
Europe
- England: Canterbury Cathedral rebuilt
- German States: Bohemia becomes tributary to Otto I
- Italian States: Death of Lothar III king of Italy
Berengar and son Adalbert crowned kings of Italy
- Norway: Lapps enter Norway
- Spanish States: Ordono III king of Leon
- Wales: Record of Welsh law written down on orders of Hywel Dda
Pacific
- Kupe the great Maori navigator discovers New Zealand on canoe voyage