958
Years:
954
955
956
957
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958
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959
960
961
962
Decades
:
920s
930s
940s
-
950s
-
960s
970s
980s
Centuries
:
9th century
-
10th century
-
11th century
Events
Kshemgupta, King of
Kashmir
dies and is succeeded by his young son
Abhimanyu
. Didda,
widow
of the former and mother of the later, becomes
de facto
ruler.
Births
Basil II
, later Eastern Roman Emperor, see
Byzantine Emperors
.
Deaths
Gorm the Old of Denmark
, see
List of Danish monarchs
.
Kshemgupta, king of
Kashmir
Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di
-
geographer
,
historian
and
physicist
Arts and Literature
First literary reference to legendary
Sherwood Forest
, although no mention yet of
Robin Hood
, its most famous bandit denizen.