Editing 955

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[[File:Lechfeld1457.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Battle of Lechfeld (955)|Battle of Lechfeld]] on an illustration of [[1457]].]]
Year '''955''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMLV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lechfeld (955)|Battle of Lechfeld]]: King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] ("the Great") defeats the [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarians]] (also known as [[Hungarians|Magyars]]) near [[Augsburg]] ([[Germany]]). Otto's army (7,000 men), mainly composed of heavy cavalry, overwhelms the Hungarians along the [[Lech (river)|Lech River]]. The German losses are heavy, among them [[Conrad, Duke of Lorraine|Conrad]] ("the Red") and many other nobles. The commanders of the Hungarian army, [[Bulcsú (chieftain)|Bulcsú]], [[Lehel]] and [[Súr (chieftain)|Súr]], are captured and executed. This victory puts an end to the [[Hungarian invasions of Europe|Hungarian campaigns into western Europe]].<ref>Bóna, István (2000). ''The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries.'' Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 54. {{ISBN|963-8312-67-X}}.</ref>
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Battle on the Raxa]]: Otto I, allied with the [[Rani (Slavic tribe)|Rani]] tribe, defeats the [[Obotrites|Obotrite]] federation, led by [[Nako (Obotrite prince)|Nako]] and his brother [[Stoigniew]] (probably at the [[Recknitz]] or [[Elde]] rivers) near [[Mecklenburg]]. The [[Polabian Slavs|Elbe Slavs]] are forced to pay [[tribute]], and accept a peace agreement.<ref>Timothy Reuter (1999). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III'', p. 248. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.</ref>

==== England ====
* [[November 23]] &ndash; King [[Eadred]] (or Edred) dies childless after a 9-year reign at [[Frome]] ([[Somerset]]). He is succeeded by his 15-year-old nephew, [[Eadwig]], as [[List of English monarchs|King of England]].

==== Africa ====
* The [[Khawarij|Kharijite]] [[Banu (Arabic)|Banu]] Ya'la tribe revolts against the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] in [[Ifriqiya]] and destroys the city of [[Oran]] (modern [[Algeria]]). They construct a new capital, Ifgan, near [[Mascara, Algeria|Mascara]].<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010). ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p.28.</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Pope Agapetus II]] dies after a 9-year reign. He is succeeded by [[Pope John XII|John XII]], aged around 19 and the son of [[Alberic II of Spoleto|Alberic II]] (the late ruler of [[Rome]]), as the 130th [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Al-Aziz Billah]], caliph of the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] (d. [[996]])
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Qian Weijun]], king of [[Wuyue]] ([[Ten Kingdoms]]) (d. [[991]])
* [[November 9]] &ndash; [[Gyeongjong of Goryeo]], ruler of [[Korea]] (d. [[981]])
* [[Aboazar Lovesendes]], Portuguese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (approximate date)
* [[Ælfric of Eynsham]], English [[abbot]] and writer (approximate date)
* [[Arduin of Ivrea]] (I), Lombard [[margrave]] and [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|king of Italy]] (approximate date)
* [[Eido I]] (or Ägidius), German nobleman and bishop (d. [[1015]])
* [[Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia|Ezzo]] (or Ehrenfried), Count Palatine of Lotharingia (Germany) (approximate date)
* [[Gisela of Burgundy]], duchess of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] (approximate date)
* [[Gunther of Bohemia]], German [[hermit]] and saint (d. [[1045]])
* [[Lutgardis of Luxemburg]], countess of [[County of Holland|Holland]] ([[Netherlands]])
* [[Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg]], German princess-abbess and daughter of [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] (d. [[AD 999|999]])
* [[Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor]] ("the Red") (d. [[983]])
* [[Theophanu]], empress consort of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] (d. [[991]])
* [[Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu]], king of the [[Pagan dynasty]] (d. [[1048]])

== Deaths ==
* [[July 23]] &ndash; [[He Ning]], Chinese official and [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]] (b. [[898]])
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Conrad, Duke of Lorraine|Conrad]] ("the Red"), duke of [[Lotharingia|Lorraine]] 
* [[August 15]]
** [[Bulcsú (chieftain)|Bulcsú]], Hungarian [[tribal chief]]tain (''[[Horka (title)|harka]]'')<ref name="kristo1985">{{cite book |last=Kristó |first=Gyula |year=1985 |title=Az augsburgi csata ''[The Battle of Augsburg]'' |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |isbn=963-05-3838-5|language=hu |page=94}}</ref>
** [[Lehel]], Hungarian tribal chieftain<ref name="kristo1985"/>
** [[Súr (chieftain)|Súr]], Hungarian tribal chieftain<ref name="kristo1985"/>
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Stoigniew]], Obotrite prince and co-ruler
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Henry I, Duke of Bavaria]]
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Pope Agapetus II]], [[Catholic Church]] pontiff (b. [[905]])
* [[November 23]] &ndash; [[Eadred]] (or Edred), king of [[Kingdom of England|England]] (b. [[923]])
* [[Abu 'Ali Chaghani]], ruler of [[Chaghaniyan]] ([[Turkmenistan]])
* [[Bermudo Núñez]], count of [[Cea (river)|Cea]] ([[Spain]]) (approximate date)
* [[Gamle Eirikssen]], Norwegian [[Vikings|Viking]] ruler (b. [[910]])
* [[Hervé I, Count of Perche|Hervé I]], count of [[Mortagne-au-Perche|Mortagne and Perche]]
* [[Muhammad ibn Shaddad]], Shaddadid ruler
* [[Parantaka I]], ruler of [[Chola dynasty|Chola Kingdom]] ([[India]])
* [[Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan]], Kara-Khanid ruler

== References ==
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