963
year
963 (CMLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 963rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 963rd year of the 1st millennium, the 63rd year of the 10th century, and the 4th year of the 960s decade. As of the start of 963, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
Decades: | 930s 940s 950s – 960s – 970s 980s 990s |
Years: | 960 961 962 – 963 – 964 965 966 |
Gregorian calendar | 963 CMLXIII |
Ab urbe condita | 1716 |
Armenian calendar | 412 ԹՎ ՆԺԲ |
Assyrian calendar | 5713 |
Balinese saka calendar | 884–885 |
Bengali calendar | 370 |
Berber calendar | 1913 |
Buddhist calendar | 1507 |
Burmese calendar | 325 |
Byzantine calendar | 6471–6472 |
Chinese calendar | 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3659 or 3599 — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3660 or 3600 |
Coptic calendar | 679–680 |
Discordian calendar | 2129 |
Ethiopian calendar | 955–956 |
Hebrew calendar | 4723–4724 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1019–1020 |
- Shaka Samvat | 884–885 |
- Kali Yuga | 4063–4064 |
Holocene calendar | 10963 |
Iranian calendar | 341–342 |
Islamic calendar | 351–352 |
Japanese calendar | Ōwa 3 (応和3年) |
Javanese calendar | 863–864 |
Julian calendar | 963 CMLXIII |
Korean calendar | 3296 |
Minguo calendar | 949 before ROC 民前949年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −505 |
Seleucid era | 1274/1275 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1505–1506 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1089 or 708 or −64 — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1090 or 709 or −63 |
Events
change- 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
changeDeaths
change- 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