What is 940?
{{Year nav|940}} {{Year in various calendars|940}} {{Year article header|940}} == Events == * [[Saadia Gaon]] makes his [[siddur]] (Jewish prayer book) in [[Iraq]]. * [[Narita-san]] Temple is founded in [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]], [[Japan]]. * The [[Liao Dynasty]] stops the rule that a younger sister replace an older sister who died in [[marriage]]. == Births == * [[Abu'l-Wafa]], Iranian mathematician * [[Brian Boru]], high king of [[Ireland]] == Deaths == * July 20 – [[Ibn Muqla]], Abbasid vizier and calligrapher * December 25 – [[Makan ibn Kaki]], Dailamite warlord * [[Taira no Masakado]], leader of the [[Taira]] Clan [[Category:940s| ]]