950

950 (CML) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 950th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 950th year of the 1st millennium, the 50th year of the 10th century, and the 1st year of the 950s decade. As of the start of 950, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	920s  930s  940s  – 950s –  960s  970s  980s
Years:	947 948 949 – 950 – 951 952 953

950 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	950 CML
Ab urbe condita	1703
Armenian calendar	399 ԹՎ ՅՂԹ
Assyrian calendar	5700
Balinese saka calendar	871–872
Bengali calendar	357
Berber calendar	1900
Buddhist calendar	1494
Burmese calendar	312
Byzantine calendar	6458–6459
Chinese calendar	己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3646 or 3586     — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3647 or 3587
Coptic calendar	666–667
Discordian calendar	2116
Ethiopian calendar	942–943
Hebrew calendar	4710–4711
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1006–1007
- Shaka Samvat	871–872
- Kali Yuga	4050–4051
Holocene calendar	10950
Iranian calendar	328–329
Islamic calendar	338–339
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 4 (天暦４年)
Javanese calendar	850–851
Julian calendar	950 CML
Korean calendar	3283
Minguo calendar	962 before ROC 民前962年
Nanakshahi calendar	−518
Seleucid era	1261/1262 AG
Thai solar calendar	1492–1493
Tibetan calendar	阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1076 or 695 or −77     — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1077 or 696 or −76

Events

• World population is thought to be 250 million.
• Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia makes peace with Otto I.
• The Later Han Dynasty in China falls.

Births

• June 12 – Emperor Reizei of Japan
• Erik the Red

Deaths

• Hywel Dda ("the Good") of Wales
• Al-Farabi, philosopher