955
Year 955 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- August 10 - Battle of Lechfeld: King Otto I defeats the Hungarians near Augsburg. Otto's army, mainly composed of heavy cavalry, overwhelms the Hungarians along the Lech River. The German losses are heavy, among them Conrad and many other nobles. The commanders of the Hungarian army, Bulcsú, Lehel and Súr, are captured and executed. This victory puts an end to the Hungarian campaigns into western Europe.
- October 16 - Battle on the Raxa: Otto I, allied with the Rani tribe, defeats the Obotrite federation, led by Nako and his brother Stoigniew near Mecklenburg. The Elbe Slavs are forced to pay tribute, and accept a peace agreement.
England
- November 23 - King Eadred dies childless after a 9-year reign at Frome. He is succeeded by his 15-year-old nephew, Eadwig, as List of [English monarchs|King of England].
Africa
- The Kharijite Banu Ya'la tribe revolts against the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya and destroys the city of Oran. They construct a new capital, Ifgan, near Mascara.
By topic
Religion
- November 8 - Pope Agapetus II dies after a 9-year reign. He is succeeded by John XII, aged around 19 and the son of Alberic II, as the 130th pope of the Catholic Church.
Births
- May 10 - Al-Aziz Billah, caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
- October 22 - Qian Weijun, king of Wuyue
- November 9 - Gyeongjong of Goryeo, ruler of Korea
- Aboazar Lovesendes, Portuguese nobleman
- Ælfric of Eynsham, English abbot and writer
- Arduin of Ivrea, Lombard margrave and king of Italy
- Eido I, German nobleman and bishop
- Ezzo, [Count Palatine of Lotharingia|Ezzo], Count Palatine of Lotharingia
- Gisela of Burgundy, duchess of Bavaria
- Gunther of Bohemia, German hermit and saint
- Lutgardis of Luxemburg, countess of Holland
- Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg, German princess-abbess and daughter of Otto I
- Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Theophanu, empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire
- Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu, king of the Pagan dynasty
Deaths
- July 23 - He Ning, Chinese official and chancellor
- August 10 - Conrad, duke of Lorraine
- August 15
- * Bulcsú, Hungarian tribal chieftain
- * Lehel, Hungarian tribal chieftain
- * Súr, Hungarian tribal chieftain
- October 16 - Stoigniew, Obotrite prince and co-ruler
- November 1 - Henry I, Duke of Bavaria
- November 8 - Pope Agapetus II, Catholic Church pontiff
- November 23 - Eadred, king of England
- Abu 'Ali Chaghani, ruler of Chaghaniyan
- Bermudo Núñez, count of Cea
- Gamle Eirikssen, Norwegian Viking ruler
- Hervé I, count of Mortagne and Perche
- Muhammad ibn Shaddad, Shaddadid ruler
- Parantaka I, ruler of Chola Kingdom
- Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan, Kara-Khanid ruler