958

__NOTOC__

Events

By Place

Asia

* King Kshemgupta of Kashmir dies, and is succeeded by his young son Abhimanyu. Didda, widow of the former and mother of the latter, becomes de facto ruler.
* The Later Zhou Dynasty strikes at Liao Dynasty positions in the Sixteen Prefectures, but is defeated.

Births

* Basil II, Byzantine Emperor
* Samuil of Bulgaria
* Vladimir I, Prince of Kievan Rus

Deaths

* King Gorm the Old of Denmark
* Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di, Arab geographer, historian, and physicist
* Tuathal mac Augaire, King of Leinster, Ireland

Literature

* First literary reference to legendary Sherwood Forest, although no mention yet of Robin Hood, its most famous bandit denizen.