938

938 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	938 CMXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1691
Armenian calendar	387 ԹՎ ՅՁԷ
Assyrian calendar	5688
Balinese saka calendar	859–860
Bengali calendar	344–345
Berber calendar	1888
Buddhist calendar	1482
Burmese calendar	300
Byzantine calendar	6446–6447
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3635 or 3428     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3636 or 3429
Coptic calendar	654–655
Discordian calendar	2104
Ethiopian calendar	930–931
Hebrew calendar	4698–4699
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	994–995
- Shaka Samvat	859–860
- Kali Yuga	4038–4039
Holocene calendar	10938
Iranian calendar	316–317
Islamic calendar	326–327
Japanese calendar	Jōhei 8 / Tengyō 1 (天慶元年)
Javanese calendar	838–839
Julian calendar	938 CMXXXVIII
Korean calendar	3271
Minguo calendar	974 before ROC 民前974年
Nanakshahi calendar	−530
Seleucid era	1249/1250 AG
Thai solar calendar	1480–1481
Tibetan calendar	མེ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Fire-Bird) 1064 or 683 or −89     — to — ས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dog) 1065 or 684 or −88

Year 938 (CMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Asia

• The Liao Dynasty takes over Peking; they name Nanjing as their South Palace.
• Battle of Bach Dang: Vietnam wins its independence from China.

Europe

• July - August – The Hungarian army is defeated at Wolfenbüttel and Belxa from the Saxons.

Births

• Hugh Capet, King of France (d. 996)

Deaths

• July 28 – Thankmar, half-brother of Otto I (during Siege of Eresburg) (b. c.908)
• Approx. date – Lady Ise, Japanese poet (b. c.877)