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[[File:Sanjūrokkasen-gaku - 15 - Kanō Naonobu - Minamoto no Kintada Asomi.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Minamoto no Kintada]] (889–948)]]
Year '''948''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXLVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Arab-Byzantine wars#Byzantine resurgence, 863–11th century|Arab–Byzantine War]]: [[Hamdanid dynasty|Hamdanid]] forces under [[Sayf al-Dawla]] raid into [[Asia Minor]]. The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] respond with reprisals led by [[Leo Phokas the Younger]], taking captives and razing the walls of [[Hadath]] (modern [[Turkey]]).<ref>{{citation | title = A History of the Byzantine State and Society | last = Treadgold | first = Warren T. | year = 1997 | publisher = Stanford University Press | location = [[Stanford, CA]] | isbn = 0-8047-2630-2 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC | pages = 487–489}}</ref>

==== Europe ==== 
* Two [[Principality of Hungary|Hungarian]] armies invade [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] and [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]]. One of them is defeated at [[Floß|Flozzun]] in the [[March of the Nordgau|Nordgau]] by [[Henry I, Duke of Bavaria|Henry I]], duke of Bavaria.<ref>Bóna, István (2000). ''The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries''. Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 27. {{ISBN|963-8312-67-X}}.</ref>
* King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] appoints his son [[Liudolf, Duke of Swabia|Liudolf]] as duke of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]], consolidating [[Ottonian dynasty|Ottonian]] dominance in [[Southern Germany]].
* [[Sunifred II, Count of Urgell|Sunifred II of Urgell]] dies without descendants and is succeeded by his nephew [[Borrell II, Count of Barcelona|Borrell II]], count of [[County of Barcelona|Barcelona]].

==== England ====
* King [[Eadred]] ravages [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]] and burns down [[Wilfrid|St. Wilfrid]]'s church at [[Ripon]]. On his way home, he sustains heavy losses at [[Castleford]]. Eadred manages to check his rivals, and the Northumbrians are forced to pay him compensation.<ref>''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' MS D, 948, but the ''Historia Regum'' gives 950.</ref>
* [[St Albans School (Hertfordshire)|St. Albans School]] is founded in Hertfordshire.<ref name="FIK">F.I. Kilvington, A Short History of St Albans School (1986)</ref>

==== Africa ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] forces under [[al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Kalbi]] suppress the rebellion in [[Palermo]] and swiftly seize the island. Caliph [[al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah]] appoints Ali al-Kalbi as emir of [[Emirate of Sicily|Sicily]], beginning the rule of the [[Kalbids|Kalbid dynasty]]. 
* The [[Kingdom of Nri]] (modern [[Nigeria]]) is founded by the priest-king [[Eri (king)|Eri]] (until [[1041]]).<ref name="Nrilist">{{cite book |title=Igbo Civilization: Nri Kingdom & Hegemony |first=M. Angulu |last=Onwuejeogwu |publisher=Ethnographica |year=1981 |isbn=0-905788-08-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWm4AAAAIAAJ}}</ref>

==== China ====
* [[February 12]] &ndash; King [[Qian Hongzong]] is deposed by general [[Hu Jinsi]] during a coup. He establishes his younger brother [[Qian Chu]] as ruler of [[Wuyue]].

=== By topic ===

==== Literature ====
* [[Minamoto no Kintada]], a Japanese official and ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'' poet, dies. He is a respected nobleman at the [[Imperial Court in Kyoto|imperial court]] and a member of the [[Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry]].

==== Religion ====
* Otto I establishes the missionary dioceses of [[Prince-Bishopric of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]] and [[Bishopric of Havelberg|Havelberg]] in the territory of the ''[[Marca Geronis]]'' ([[Saxon Eastern March]]).
* The [[Nallur Kandaswamy temple]], one of the most significant [[Hindu temple]]s in the [[Jaffna District]] (modern [[Sri Lanka]]), is built.
* [[St Albans School, Hertfordshire|St Albans School]] in [[Hertfordshire]] is founded by [[Wulsin (Abbot Ulsinus)|Wulsin]], an [[abbot]] of [[St Albans Cathedral|St Alban's Abbey]], [[Kingdom of England|England]].
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== Births ==
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Emperor Jingzong of Liao|Jing Zong]], emperor of the [[Liao dynasty|Liao Dynasty]] (d. [[982]])
* [[December 22]] &ndash; [[Kang Kam-ch'an]], Korean official and general (d. [[1031]])
* [[Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid]], [[Twelver]] [[Shia Islam|Shia]] theologian (approximate date)
* [[Baba Kuhi of Shiraz]], Persian [[Sufism|Sufi]] mystic and writer (d. [[1037]])
* [[Emma of Italy]], queen of the [[West Francia|West Frankish Kingdom]] (approximate date)
* [[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[1021]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Romanos I Lekapenos|Romanos I]], Byzantine emperor (b. c. [[870]])
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Liu Zhiyuan]], founder of the [[Later Han (Five Dynasties)|Later Han]] (b. [[895]])
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Du Chongwei]], Chinese general and governor
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Hu Jinsi]], Chinese general and prefect
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Zhang Ye (Later Shu)|Zhang Ye]], Chinese general and [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]]
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Zhao Yanshou]], Chinese general and governor
* [[December 1]] &ndash; [[Gao Conghui]], prince and ruler of [[Jingnan]] (b. [[891]])
* [[December 12]] &ndash; [[Li Song (politician)|Li Song]], Chinese official and chancellor
* [[Al-Qasim Guennoun]], Idrisid ruler and [[sultan]] 
* [[Blácaire mac Gofraid]], Viking king of [[Kingdom of Dublin|Dublin]]
* [[Gormflaith ingen Flann Sinna]], Irish queen
* [[Ibrahim ibn Simjur]], Samanid governor
* [[Minamoto no Kintada]], Japanese ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'' poet (b. [[889]])
* [[Sunifred II, Count of Urgell|Sunifred II]], count of [[County of Urgell|Urgell]] ([[Spain]]) (b. c. 870)

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