960

Events 

 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
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