949

949 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	949; CMXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1702
Armenian calendar	398; ԹՎ ՅՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	5699
Balinese saka calendar	870–871
Bengali calendar	356
Berber calendar	1899
Buddhist calendar	1493
Burmese calendar	311
Byzantine calendar	6457–6458
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey); 3645 or 3585; — to —; 己酉年 (Earth Rooster); 3646 or 3586
Coptic calendar	665–666
Discordian calendar	2115
Ethiopian calendar	941–942
Hebrew calendar	4709–4710
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1005–1006
- Shaka Samvat	870–871
- Kali Yuga	4049–4050
Holocene calendar	10949
Iranian calendar	327–328
Islamic calendar	337–338
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 3; (天暦３年)
Javanese calendar	849–850
Julian calendar	949; CMXLIX
Korean calendar	3282
Minguo calendar	963 before ROC; 民前963年
Nanakshahi calendar	−519
Seleucid era	1260/1261 AG
Thai solar calendar	1491–1492
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年; (male Earth-Monkey); 1075 or 694 or −78; — to —; 阴土鸡年; (female Earth-Rooster); 1076 or 695 or −77

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century ; 11th century;
Decades:	920s; 930s; 940s; 950s; 960s;
Years:	946; 947; 948; 949; 950; 951; 952;

Year 949 (CMXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

Arab-Byzantine War: Hamdanid forces under Sayf al-Dawla raid into the theme of Lykandos, but are defeated. The Byzantines counter-attack and seize Germanikeia, defeating an army from Tarsus, and raiding as far south as Antioch. General (strategos) Theophilos Kourkouas captures Theodosiopolis (modern-day Erzurum) after a 7-month siege.^[1]

A Byzantine expeditionary force under Constantine Gongyles attempts to re-conquer the Emirate of Crete from the Saracens. The expedition ends in a disastrous failure, the Byzantine camp is destroyed in a surprise attack. Gongyles himself barely escapes on his flagship.^[1]
King Miroslav (or Miroslaus) is killed by Ban Pribina during a civil war started by his younger brother Michael Krešimir II, who succeeds him as ruler of Croatia.
Summer – The Hungarians defeat a Bavarian army at Laa (modern Austria).^[2]

September 14 – Fujiwara no Tadahira, a politician and chancellor (kampaku), dies at his native Kyoto. Having governed Japan as regent under Emperor Suzaku since 930. The Fujiwara clan will continue to hold the regency until 1180, controlling the imperial government.

1 2 Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 489, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2
↑ Bóna, István (2000). The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries. Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 27. ISBN 963-8312-67-X.

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Gregorian calendar	949 CMXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1702
Armenian calendar	398 ԹՎ ՅՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	5699
Balinese saka calendar	870–871
Bengali calendar	356
Berber calendar	1899
Buddhist calendar	1493
Burmese calendar	311
Byzantine calendar	6457–6458
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3645 or 3585 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3646 or 3586
Coptic calendar	665–666
Discordian calendar	2115
Ethiopian calendar	941–942
Hebrew calendar	4709–4710
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1005–1006
- Shaka Samvat	870–871
- Kali Yuga	4049–4050
Holocene calendar	10949
Iranian calendar	327–328
Islamic calendar	337–338
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 3 (天暦３年)
Javanese calendar	849–850
Julian calendar	949 CMXLIX
Korean calendar	3282
Minguo calendar	963 before ROC 民前963年
Nanakshahi calendar	−519
Seleucid era	1260/1261 AG
Thai solar calendar	1491–1492
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1075 or 694 or −78 — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1076 or 695 or −77

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