| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
| Decades: | 930s 940s 950s - 960s - 970s 980s 990s |
| Years: | 957 958 959 - 960 - 961 962 963 |
| 960 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 960 CMLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1713 |
| Armenian calendar | 409 ԹՎ ՆԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -884 – -883 |
| Berber calendar | 1910 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1504 |
| Burmese calendar | 322 |
| Chinese calendar | 3596/3656-11-30 (己未年十一月三十日) — to — 3597/3657-12-11(庚申年十二月十一日) |
| Coptic calendar | 676 – 677 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 952 – 953 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4720 – 4721 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1015 – 1016 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 882 – 883 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4061 – 4062 |
| Holocene calendar | 10960 |
| Iranian calendar | 338 – 339 |
| Islamic calendar | 348 – 349 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3293 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1503 |
Events
By Place
Europe
- Edgar the Peaceable is crowned King of England. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends Simple930s Zh-yue930年代 Events and Trends Simple940s Zh-yue940年代 Events and Trends Simple950s Zh-yue950年代 Events and Trends Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus ( 965) Simple970s Zh-yue970年代 Events and Trends 983 — Pagan West Slavs revolt temporarily ending attempts at conversion and forcing abandonment of German sees and monasteries east Events and Trends Sei Shōnagon writes The Pillow Book. Simple990s Zh-yue990年代 This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events By Place Asia The Chandra Hindu Dynasty ends thus beginning a time of chaos in areas belonging to modern-day Mongolia. Events By Place Asia King Kshemgupta of Kashmir dies and is succeeded by his young son Abhimanyu This article is about the year 959 For the automobile see Porsche 959. Events By Place Asia Ani (present-day Turkey) becomes the capital of Armenia under the Bagratuni Dynasty Events By Place Europe February 2 — Pope John XII crowns Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor. Events By Place Asia Turkish Khan Sebük Tigin establishes his empire in modern day Afghanistan. 959 state leaders - Events of 960 - 961 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Africa Fatimid Caliphate The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Edgar I the Peaceful or the Peaceable (c 7 August 943&ndash8 July 975 1 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Dunstan becomes Archbishop of Canterbury and Edgar's chief adviser. Dunstan (c909&ndash 19 May 988) was an Abbot of Glastonbury, a Bishop of Worcester, a Bishop of London, and an The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the He reforms monasteries and enforces the rule of Saint Benedict: Poverty, Chastity and Obedience for monks. Poverty (also called penury) is deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life including food clothing shelter and safe Drinking water, and Chastity is Sexual behavior of a man or woman acceptable to the ethical norms and guidelines of a culture civilization or Religion. MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective He attempts to impose celibacy on the secular clergy without noticeable success. Celibacy refers to the lack of participation in Sexual intercourse. Dunstan actively encourages the Danes to integrate with the English. The term Dane may refer to People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity whether living in Denmark, emigrants or the descendants of emigrants
- Mieszko I becomes ruler in Poland. Life In 965 Mieszko married Dobrawa (Dobrava Dubrawka daughter of Boleslav I, Duke of Bohemia. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
- St Dunstan's, Mayfield is founded. St Dunstan's Mayfield was founded in 960 CE by St Dunstan, who was then Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Richard I of Normandy marries Emma of Paris. Richard I of Normandy (born 28 August 933, in Fécamp Normandy, France died November 20, 996, in Fécamp
- Sviatoslav I of Kiev conquers the Khazars' imperial power. Sviatoslav I of Kiev ( Old East Slavic: С~тославъ (Свąтославъ Игорєвичь ( Sventoslavŭ Igorevichǐ) Russian: ru Святослав "Kazar" redirects here for the Marvel Comics character see Ka-Zar; for the village in Azerbaijan see Xəzər.
- Nicephorus II captures Crete. Crete ( Greek: Κρήτη transliteration: Krētē, modern transliteration Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the
Asia
- The Song Dynasty (960-1279) comes to power in China when Zhao Kuangyin usurps the Later Zhou Dynasty throne. The Song Dynasty ( Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ao was a ruling dynasty in China between 960&ndash1279 CE it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Ancestry and early life His family was of fairly modest origins and cannot be traced back with certainty further than the late Tang dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty ( POJ: Chiu Tiau 1122 BC to 256 BC was preceded by the Shang Dynasty and followed by the Qin Dynasty in China.
- The amount of registered soldiers in the Song Chinese army is some 378,000.
Births
- Aimoin, French chronicler (d. Aimoin (c 960-c 1010 French chronicler was born at Villefranche-de-Longchat about 960 and in early life entered the Monastery of Fleury 1010)
- Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire (d. Constantine VIII ( Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Η΄ Kōnstantinos VIII) (960&ndash November 15, 1028) was Byzantine emperor 1028)
- Theophanu, Greek princess who became Empress (d. Theophanu (960 &ndash June 15, 991) ( Greek: Θεοφανώ Theophano also spelled Theophania, Theophana or Theophano The History of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the Greek people, the areas they ruled historically and the territory now composing the modern state of 991)
- Sweyn I of Denmark (d. This article documents the year AD 991 Events By Place Europe Battle of Maldon: The Anglo-Saxons are defeated Sweyn I Forkbeard, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in English Sven the Dane, also known as Swegen and Tuck, ( Old Norse 1014)
- Gershom ben Judah (d. Gershom ben Judah, (c 960 -1040? -1028? best known as Rabbeinu Gershom ( Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, "Our teacher Gershom" and also commonly ??)
- Matsu, Taoist 'goddess' of the sea
- Olof of Sweden (approximate date) (d. Tin Hau redirects here For other meanings of Tin Hau see Tin Hau (disambiguation Mazu ( also spelt Matsu, is the Taoist Taoism (pronounced /ˈdaʊɪzəm/ or /ˈtaʊɪzəm/ also spelled '''Daoism''') refers to a variety of related Philosophical and Religious traditions 1020-1021)
- Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (d. Arnulf II of Flanders (960 or 961 &ndash March 30, 988) was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death 988)
- Bagrat III (d. Events By Place Africa Al-Azhar University is founded in Cairo, Egypt (the second oldest university in the world Bagrat III (ბაგრატ III (c 960 – May 7, 1014) of the Georgian Bagrationi dynasty was King of the Abkhazians from 1014)
- Seongjong of Goryeo (d. Seongjong of Goryeo (960&ndash997 r 981&ndash997 was the sixth emperor of the medieval Korean kingdom Goryeo. 997)
Deaths
- Saint Eadburga of Winchester
- Časlav Klonimirović, ruler of Serbia
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