Africa

• The Nri Kingdom in what is now Southeastern Nigeria
  Nigeria
  Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
  
   is started by Eri
  Eri (divine king)
  Eri is said to be the original legendary cultural head of the Nri-Igbo, a subgroup of the Igbo people and Godfather of Igbo Civilization. From oral and recorded accounts, he is said to come down from the sky, having been sent by God . Eri settled and established in the middle of Anambra river...
  
  .

Asia

• The Nallur Kandaswamy temple
  Nallur Kandaswamy temple
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  , one of the most significant Hindu temples in the Jaffna
  Jaffna
  Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...
  
   district of Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
  
  , is built.
• The Byzantines raid into Syria, but are defeated by Sayf al-Daula
  Sayf al-Daula
  Ali ibn Abi al-Hayja 'Abd Allah ibn Hamdan ibn al-Harith Sayf al-Dawla al-Taghlibi , more commonly known simply by his laqab of Sayf al-Dawla , was the ruler of northern Syria and the brother of al-Hasan ibn Hamdan , the founder and the most prominent prince of the Arab Hamdanid dynasty from...
  
  . Leo Phokas
  Leo Phokas the Younger
  Leo Phokas or Phocas was a prominent Byzantine general who scored a number of successes in the eastern frontier in the mid-10th century alongside his older brother, the Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas...
  
   however sacks and razes Adata.

Europe

• Otto I the Great founds the missionary dioceses of Brandenburg, Havelberg
  Bishopric of Havelberg
  The Bishopric of Havelberg was a Roman Catholic diocese founded by King Otto I, King of the Germans, in 946. The diocese was suffragan to the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. Its most famous bishop was Anselm of Havelberg. Its seat was in Havelberg in the Northern March and it roughly covered the...
  
  , Ribe
  Roman Catholic bishopric of Ribe
  The former Roman Catholic diocese of Ribe consisted of the modern Danish Provinces of Ribe, Vejle and Ringkøbing, and part of South Jutland. The first church built at Ribe was founded by Saint Ansgar in 860, served by his biographer and successor, Saint Rembert, and destroyed during the heathen...
  
  , Aarhus, and Schleswig.
• St Albans School
  St Albans School (Hertfordshire)
  St Albans School is an independent school in the city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, in the East of England. Entry before Sixth Form is for boys only, and co-educational thereafter. Founded in 948 by Wulsin , St Albans School is not only the oldest school in Hertfordshire but also one of the oldest...
  
   in St Albans, England is founded.

Births

• Gang Gam-chan
  Gang Gam-chan
  Gang Gam-chan was a medieval Korean government official and military commander during the early days of Goryeo Dynasty . Even though he was a career scholar and government official, he is best known for his military victories during the Third Goryeo-Khitan War.-Goryeo-Khitan Wars:In 993, the Liao...
  
  , medieval Korean government official and military commander (d. 1031)
• Emperor Jingzong of Liao
  Emperor Jingzong of Liao
  The Emperor Jingzong of Liao , born as Yelü Xian , was an emperor of the Liao Dynasty and reigned from 13 March 969 to 13 October 982....
  
  

Deaths

• December 16 – Romanos I Lekapenos
  Romanos I
  Romanos I Lekapenos was Byzantine Emperor from 920 until his deposition on December 16, 944.-Origin:...
  
  , Byzantine Emperor 920–944 (b. c. 870
  870
  Year 870 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Prague Castle is founded....
  
  )
• Gao Conghui
  Gao Conghui
  Gao Conghui was King of Nanping from 928 to 948, one of the Ten Kingdoms in south-central China....
  
  
• Gaozu of Later Han
  Gaozu of Later Han
  Gaozu of Later Han was the Shatuo Turk founder of the Later Han Dynasty, the fourth of the Five Dynasties in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period of Chinese history. It was also one of the shortest-lived kingdoms in Chinese history, lasting only three years...