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Year '''941''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMXLI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
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=== By place ===
==== Abbasid Caliphate ====▼
* Night of [[9 March]]: The famed Green Dome of the [[Palace of the Golden Gate]] in [[Baghdad]] collapses, amidst heavy rainfall.▼
==== Byzantine Empire ====
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* Spring – [[Henry I, Duke of Bavaria|Henry I]], duke of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]], plots to assassinate his brother, King [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]], at the [[Kaiserpfalz|royal palace]] in [[Quedlinburg]] (modern [[Saxony-Anhalt]]), but the conspiracy is discovered and Henry is put in captivity in [[Ingelheim am Rhein|Ingelheim]]. He is released after doing [[penance]] at [[Christmas]].
* Fall – [[Hugh of Italy|Hugh of Provence]], king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]], leads a fourth expedition to [[Rome]] to dislodge [[Alberic II of Spoleto|Alberic II]]. He proceeds to [[Lazio]], preparing a campaign to capture the papal capital. Again the attacks fail and Hugh retreats to [[Milan]].
* [[Olaf Guthfrithson]], a Norse-Irish chieftain, is killed while raiding an ancient [[Angles (tribe)|Anglian]] church at [[Whitekirk and Tyninghame|Tyninghame]] (Northern [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]). He is succeeded by his cousin [[Amlaíb Cuarán|Olaf Sigtryggsson]] as ruler of [[Scandinavian York|Jórvik]] (modern [[Yorkshire]]).
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=== By topic ===
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* [[Kaminarimon]], the eight-pillared gate to the [[Sensō-ji]] Buddhist temple in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], is erected.
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== Births ==
* [[Brian Boru]], [[High King of Ireland]] (approximate date) (d. [[1014]])
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* [[February 12]] – [[Wulfhelm]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]]
* [[April 21]] – [[Bajkam]], Turkish military commander
* [[Abu Bakr Muhammad]], Muslim governor
* [[Fujiwara no Sumitomo]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]]
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* [[Jayavarman IV]], Angkorian king ([[Cambodia]])
* [[Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni]], Persian scholar (b. [[864]])
* [[Olaf Guthfrithson]], Viking leader and king<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Lynch |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Oxford companion to Scottish history |date=February 24, 2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199693054 |page=106}}</ref>
* [[Órlaith íngen Cennétig]], Irish queen
* [[Qian Yuanguan]], king of [[Wuyue]] (b. [[887]])
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