960s

The 960s was a decade that started on 1 January 960 and ended on 31 December 969.
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
Caslav Klonimirovic, 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 Cordoba
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
Sebuk 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 Garcia 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
Boleslaw I, king of Poland
Louis V, king of France
Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani, 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
Boleslaw 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 Mail 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'yu 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