947

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	910s 920s 930s – 940s – 950s 960s 970s
Years:	944 945 946 – 947 – 948 949 950

947 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

947 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	947 CMXLVII
Ab urbe condita	1700
Armenian calendar	396 ԹՎ ՅՂԶ
Assyrian calendar	5697
Bengali calendar	354
Berber calendar	1897
Buddhist calendar	1491
Burmese calendar	309
Byzantine calendar	6455–6456
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3643 or 3583 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3644 or 3584
Coptic calendar	663–664
Discordian calendar	2113
Ethiopian calendar	939–940
Hebrew calendar	4707–4708
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1003–1004
- Shaka Samvat	869–870
- Kali Yuga	4048–4049
Holocene calendar	10947
Iranian calendar	325–326
Islamic calendar	335–336
Japanese calendar	Tengyō 10 / Tenryaku 1 (天暦元年)
Julian calendar	947 CMXLVII
Korean calendar	3280
Minguo calendar	965 before ROC 民前965年
Seleucid era	1258/1259 AG
Thai solar calendar	1489–1490

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Year 947 (CMXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

The Later Jin falls to the Later Han (founded by Gaozu of Later Han) in China.
The Khitan Empire adopts the dynastic name "Great Liao".
Masudi completes first version of The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems, an important history book.