What is 940s?
{{decadebox|94}} The '''940s''' was a decade that started on 1 January 940 and ended on 31 December 949. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''''95th decade''''' which began on January 1, 941. and ended on December 31, 950. __NOTOC__ ==940== * [[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 &ndash; [[Ibn Muqla]], Abbasid vizier and calligrapher * December 25 &ndash; [[Makan ibn Kaki]], Dailamite warlord * [[Taira no Masakado]], leader of the [[Taira]] Clan ==941== * The [[Rus'-Byzantine War (941)|Rus'-Byzantine War]] is fought. * [[Oda the Severe]] becomes [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. === Births === * Charles d'Outremer, son of [[Louis IV of France]] * [[Brian Boru|Brian Bórumha mac Cennétig]], High-King of Ireland === Deaths === * April 21 &ndash; [[Bajkam]], commander of commanders of the Abbasid Caliphate ==942== * The [[Chavda Kingdom]] is overthrown in [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. * October 30 &ndash; [[Pope Marinus II]] succeeds [[Pope Stephen VIII]] as the 128th [[pope]]. === Births === * [[Pampa (poet)|Pampa]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]] poet in [[India]] * [[Genshin]], [[Tendai]] scholar === Deaths === * King [[Idwal Foel]] of Gwynedd * December 17 &ndash; [[William I of Normandy]] * [[Gaozu of Later Jin]], founder of the [[Later Jin Dynasty (Five Dynasties)|Later Jin Dynasty]] in China * [[Liu Yan (Southern Han)|Liu Yan]] of the Southern Han Kingdom ==943== * King [[Constantine II of Scotland|Constantin II of Scotland]] retires and becomes a monk. His cousin [[Malcolm I of Scotland]] becomes king. === Births === *[[Dayang Jingxuan]], a [[Zen|Zen Buddhist]] monk === Deaths === * [[Wang Kon]], founder of the [[Goryeo|Koryo dynasty]] * [[Emperor Liezu of Sou