Title: 960s Content: Below are some of the events that happened from 960 to 969. __NOTOC__ ==960== * Mieszko I becomes ruler in Poland * Richard I of Normandy marries Emma of Paris * The Aksumite Empire is destroyed === Births === * 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 === * Saint Eadburga of Winchester * Časlav Klonimirović, ruler of Serbia ==961== * 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 === * Edith of Wilton * Sigmundur Brestisson, chieftain in the Faroe Islands === Deaths === * King Haakon I of Norway * Abd-ar-rahman III, Caliph of Córdoba * Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang ==962== * February 2 - Pope John XII crowns Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor === Births === * Edward the Martyr === Deaths === * Dong Yuan * Indulf, King of the Scots and Picts ==963== * 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 === * Li Jiqian, Tangut jiedushi who ruled the new Western Xia Dynasty in northwestern China (d. 1004) === Deaths === * 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== * 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 === * May 14 - Pope John XII ==965== * The Khazar fortress of Sarkel falls to the Kievan Rus * Northern Song armies invade the Later Shu Kingdom === Births === * Elvira of Castile (daughter of García I), Regent of Leon (d. 1017) * Alhazen, scientist * Sweyn I of Denmark === Deaths === * February 22 - Otto, Duke of Burgundy * July 4 - Pope Benedict V * Meng Chang, Emperor of Later Shu ==966== * Mieszko I, the first duke of Poland, is baptized a Christian === Births === * Fujiwara no Michinaga, Japanese regent === Deaths === * King Dub of Scotland ==967== * 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 === * 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 === * 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== * The Pechenegs begin the Siege of Kiev * The Archbishopric of Magdeburg is founded === Births === * 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 === * August 25 - Edgiva of Kent, queen of Edward the Elder of England * Abu al-Misk Kafur * Aldred of Lindisfarne * John III of Naples * Landulf III of Benevento * William, Archbishop of Mainz * Matilda of Ringelheim ==969== * 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 === Births === * Olaf I of Norway === Deaths === * July 11 - Olga of Kiev * Harald II of Norway * December 11 - Nikephoros II Phokas * Emperor Muzong of Liao