963

Events 

 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