938

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	900s  910s  920s  – 930s –  940s  950s  960s
Years:	935 936 937 – 938 – 939 940 941

938 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	938 CMXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1691
Armenian calendar	387 ԹՎ ՅՁԷ
Assyrian calendar	5688
Balinese saka calendar	859–860
Bengali calendar	345
Berber calendar	1888
Buddhist calendar	1482
Burmese calendar	300
Byzantine calendar	6446–6447
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3634 or 3574     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3635 or 3575
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	阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1064 or 683 or −89     — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 1065 or 684 or −88

938 (CMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 938th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 938th year of the 1st millennium, the 38th year of the 10th century, and the 9th year of the 930s decade. As of the start of 938, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• The Liao Dynasty takes over Peking.
• Battle of Bach Dang: Vietnam wins its independence from China.

Births

• Hugh Capet, King of France

Deaths

• Lady Ise, Japanese poet