960s
decade
The 960s was a decade that started on 1 January 960 and ended on 31 December 969.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 930s 940s 950s – 960s – 970s 980s 990s |
| Years: | 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 969 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
960 Edit
- Mieszko I becomes ruler in Poland
- Richard I of Normandy marries Emma of Paris
- The Aksumite Empire is destroyed
Births Edit
- Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1028)
- Theophanu, princess who became Empress (d. 991)
- Sweyn I of Denmark (d. 1014)
- Gershom ben Judah
- Matsu, Taoist 'goddess' of the sea
- Olof of Sweden
- Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (d. 988)
- Bagrat III (d. 1014), king of Abkhazians and Georgians
- Seongjong of Goryeo (d. 997)
Deaths Edit
- Saint Eadburga of Winchester
- Časlav Klonimirović, ruler of Serbia
961 Edit
- Ani becomes the capital of Armenia
- The Huqiu Tower is built in China
- Battle of Fitje
- Harald II of Norway becomes ruler of the western part of Norway
- St Paul's Cathedral in London is destroyed by fire
- Al-Hakam II starts to rule
Births Edit
- Edith of Wilton
- Sigmundur Brestisson, chieftain in the Faroe Islands
Deaths Edit
962 Edit
Births Edit
Deaths Edit
963 Edit
- Sebük Tigin starts his empire in modern-day Afghanistan
- The Nanping State has to surrender when invaded by Song Dynasty armies
- The Song Dynasty Chinese government tries to ban the practice of cremation
- Holy Roman Emperor Otto I defeats Mieszko I of Poland
- Luxembourg is founded
- December 6 – Pope Leo VIII becomes the 131st pope
Births Edit
Deaths Edit
- March 15 – Romanos II, Byzantine Emperor (b. 939)
- April 3 – William III, Duke of Aquitaine
- April 18 – Stephen Lekapenos, co-emperor of Byzantium in 924–945
964 Edit
- Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas tries to recapture Cilicia
- Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars is published
- May 22 – Pope Benedict V becomes the 132nd pope
- June 23 – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor battles in Rome to make Leo VIII Pope
Deaths Edit
965 Edit
- The Khazar fortress of Sarkel falls to the Kievan Rus
- Northern Song armies invade the Later Shu Kingdom
Births Edit
- Elvira of Castile (daughter of García I), Regent of Leon (d. 1017)
- Alhazen, scientist
- Sweyn I of Denmark
Deaths Edit
- February 22 – Otto, Duke of Burgundy
- July 4 – Pope Benedict V
- Meng Chang, Emperor of Later Shu
966 Edit
Births Edit
- Fujiwara no Michinaga, Japanese regent
Deaths Edit
- King Dub of Scotland
967 Edit
- Conchobar mac Tadg becomes King of Connacht
- Otto II is crowned co-emperor by Pope John XIII
- Olaf Tryggvason runs away from Norway with his mother
- Emperor Reizei ascends to the throne of Japan
- The Cambodian temple of Banteay Srei is consecrated
- 'Izz al-Daula becomes the Buyid emir of Iraq
- Bisutun ascends to the Ziyarid throne
Births Edit
- Sigrid Storrada, queen of Sweden and Denmark
- Bolesław I, king of Poland
- Louis V, king of France
- Badi' al-Zamān al-Hamadhāni, Arab author
- Walter von Speyer, German poet and bishop
- Abusaeid Abolkheir, Persian Sufi
- Khottiga Amoghavarsha, Rashtrakuta warrior
- Vahram Pahlavouni, prince of Bjni and Nik
- Bertha, princess of Burgundy
Deaths Edit
- February 9 – Sayf al-Dawla, Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo
- Abu al-Faraj Ali, scholar
- Abu 'Ali Muhammad, Ilyasid ruler
- Bolesław I, prince of Bohemia
- Hugh II, lord of Lusignan
- Krishna III, Rashtrakuta ruler
- Mu'izz al-Daula, first Buyid emir
- Murakami, emperor of Japan
- Vushmgir, ruler of the Ziyarids
- Wichmann the Younger, Saxon count
- Matilda of Ringelheim, Holy Roman Empress
- Dub mac Maíl Coluim, king of Alba
- Li Cheng, Chinese painter
968 Edit
- The Pechenegs begin the Siege of Kiev
- The Archbishopric of Magdeburg is founded
Births Edit
- May 14 – Leofric, Earl of Mercia
- King Ethelred II of England
- Emperor Kazan, emperor of Japan
- Romanus III, Byzantine emperor (d. 1034)
- Emperor Zhenzong of Song
Deaths Edit
969 Edit
- December 11 – John I Tzimiskes becomes Byzantine Emperor after killing Nikephoros II Phokas
- The Fatimids conquer Egypt
- Emperor En'yū replaces Emperor Reizei on the throne of Japan
- Jing Zong begins to rule the Khitan Empire
- Uththama Chola becomes the Chola Emperor