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[[File:Gorm-the-old.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|King [[Gorm the Old]] ({{Circa|936|958}})]]
Year '''958''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMLVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[October]] / [[November]] &ndash; [[Battle of Raban]]: The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] under [[John I Tzimiskes|John Tzimiskes]] defeat the [[Hamdanid dynasty|Hamdanid]] forces in northern [[Syria (region)|Syria]]. Emir [[Sayf al-Dawla]] is forced to retreat – many of his court companions and ''[[ghilman]]'' fall in pursuit, while over 1,700 of his [[Turk people|Turk]] cavalry are captured and paraded in the streets of [[Constantinople]].<ref>Shepard, Jonathan (2010). ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, Volume 3'', pp.151–152. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-533403-6}}.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* King [[Berengar II of Italy|Berengar II]] invades the [[March of Verona]], which is under control of the dukes of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]], and lay [[siege]] to Count [[Adalbert Atto of Canossa|Adalbert Atto]] at [[Canossa Castle]] (northern [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]]). Berengar sends a [[Lombardy|Lombard]] expeditionary force under his son [[Guy of Ivrea]] against [[Theobald II of Spoleto|Theobald II]], duke of [[Duchy of Spoleto|Spoleto]]. He captures [[Spoleto]] and [[Camerino]].

==== Africa ====
* The [[Fatimid]] general [[Jawhar (general)|Abu al-Hasan Jawhar ibn Abd Allah]] takes [[Aïn Fekan|Ifgan]], the capital of the rebellious [[Khawarij|Kharijite]] [[Banu (Arabic)|Banu]] Ya'la tribe. In the following two years, Jawhar conquers most of the north of modern-day [[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]]. In particular, he conquers the cities of [[Tangier]], [[Sijilmasa]] and [[Tlemcen]].<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 42.</ref>

==== Asia ====
* King [[Rajatarangini|Ksemagupta]] dies of a [[fever]] after a [[Hunting|hunting party]]. He is succeeded by his youngest son [[Rajatarangini|Abhimanyu II]]. Queen [[Didda]], the [[widow]] of Ksemagupta, becomes [[regent]] and the ''[[de facto]]'' ruler of [[Kashmir]] (modern [[India]]).
* Emperor [[Chai Rong]] of the [[Later Zhou]] invades the [[Northern Han]] and the [[Liao dynasty|Khitan Empire]] in the [[Sixteen Prefectures]] (northern [[China]]), but is defeated.
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== Births ==
* [[Basil II]] ('''Bulgar Slayer'''), Byzantine emperor (d. [[1025]])
* [[Otto-William, Count of Burgundy|Otto-William]], count of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]] (approximate date)
* [[Rinchen Zangpo]], Tibetan [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (d. [[1055]])
* [[Samuel of Bulgaria|Samuel]], tsar of the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]] (approximate date)
* [[Vladimir the Great|Vladimir I]] ('''the Great'''), Grand Prince of [[Kievan Rus'|Kiev]] (d. [[1015]])
* [[Yang Yanzhao]], general of the [[Song dynasty]] (d. [[1014]])
* [[Yaropolk I of Kiev|Yaropolk I]], Grand Prince of Kiev (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* May &ndash; [[Ibn Durustawayh]], Persian grammarian, lexicographer and student of the Quran and ''hadith'' (b. [[872]])
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Oda of Canterbury|Oda]] ('''the Good'''), archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]]
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Li Jingsui]], Chinese prince (b. [[920]])
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Liu Sheng (Southern Han)|Liu Sheng]], Chinese emperor (b. 920)
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Toda of Pamplona|Toda]], queen of [[Kingdom of Pamplona|Pamplona]] (b. [[876]])
*''date unknown''
**[[Ammar ibn Ali al-Kalbi]], Fatimid military commander
**[[Faifne an Filí]], Irish [[Irish poetry|poet]] and [[ollam]]h ("professor")
**[[Finshneachta Ua Cuill]], Irish poet
**[[Fujiwara no Kiyotada]], Japanese poet
**[[Lashkarwarz]], Daylamite military commander
**[[Mastalus II of Amalfi|Mastalus II]], duke and [[Patrician (ancient Rome)|patrician]] of [[Duchy of Amalfi|Amalfi]] ([[Italy]])
**[[Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto]], Japanese [[Waka (poetry)|waka]] poet
**[[Qingliang Wenyi]], Chinese Buddhist monk
**[[Sumbat I of Iberia|Sumbat I]], king of [[Principality of Iberia|Iberia]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
*''probable'' 
**[[Drogo, Duke of Brittany|Drogo]], duke of [[Duchy of Brittany|Brittany]]<ref>La [[Chronique de Nantes]] pages 109-110 indique qu’il aurait été ébouillanté dans son bain par sa nourrice sur ordre de Foulque II d'Anjou</ref>
**[[Gorm the Old]], king of [[Denmark]]. He was born before 900 and may have died as late as 964.<ref>{{cite web
| title        = The Royal Lineage
| website      = The Danish Monarchy
| date         = 6 July 2015
| url          = http://kongehuset.dk/english/the-monarchy-in-denmark/The-Royal-Lineage/the-royal-lineage
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150706134401/http://kongehuset.dk/english/the-monarchy-in-denmark/The-Royal-Lineage/the-royal-lineage
| archive-date = 6 July 2015
| url-status     = dead
| access-date  = 27 May 2019
}}</ref>

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