960s — in history
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960
Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
Battle of Andrassos · Byzantine Empire · Leo Phokas the Younger
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960
The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.
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960
Fujiwara no Morosuke, Japanese statesman (b. 909)
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960
Eadburh of Winchester, English princess and saint
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960
Li Gu, chancellor of Later Zhou (b. 903)
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960
Feng Yanji, chancellor of Southern Tang (b. 903)
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961
Seongjong of Goryeo, Korean ruler (d. 997)
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961
Byzantine conquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas, end of the Emirate of Crete.
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961
Helena Lekapene, Byzantine empress
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961
King Otto I elects his 6-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. He is crowned at Aachen, and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda.
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor · Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor · Heir apparent
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961
Yuan Zong, emperor of Southern Tang (b. 916)
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961
Abd-al-Rahman III, caliph of Córdoba
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961
Artald, archbishop of Reims
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962
Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor · Pope John XII · Diploma Ottonianum
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962
Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
Translatio imperii · Pope John XII · Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
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962
Guibert of Gembloux, Frankish abbot (b. 892)
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962
Gerloc, Frankish noblewoman
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962
Adalbero I, bishop of Metz
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962
Arab-Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.
Arab-Byzantine wars · List of Byzantine emperors · Nikephoros II Phokas
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962
Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (b. 940)
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963
Anna Porphyrogenita, Grand Princess of Kiev (d. 1011)
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963
William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)
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963
Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome.
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963
Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
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963
Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (b. 906)
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963
Marianos Argyros, Byzantine general (b. 944)
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963
Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of a armed rebellion against Otto.
Synod of Rome (963) · Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor · St. Peter's Basilica
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963
Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (b. 938)
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963
Stephen Lekapenos, co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire
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963
The imperial army proclaims Nikephoros II Phokas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.
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964
Fan Zhi, chancellor of the Song Dynasty
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964
Pope John XII (b. 927)
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964
Zhou (the Elder), Chinese queen consort
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965
Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne (b. 925)
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965
Al-Mutanabbi, Arab poet (b. 915)
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965
Arnulf I, count of Flanders
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965
Meng Chang, emperor of Later Shu (b. 919)
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965
Pope John XIII is elected.
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965
Otto, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)
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965
Benedict V, pope of the Catholic Church
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966
Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (b. 894)
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966
Berengar II of Italy (b. 900)
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966
Sancho I, king of León
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966
Flodoard, Frankish canon and chronicler
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966
After his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
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967
Sayf al-Dawla, emir of Aleppo (b. 916)
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967
Li Yixing, Chinese governor
- 967
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967
Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian Sufi poet (d. 1049)
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967
Wichmann II, Frankish nobleman
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967
Mu'izz al-Dawla, Buyid emir (b. 915)
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967
Murakami, Japanese emperor (b. 926)
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968
Kazan, emperor of Japan (d. 1008)
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968
Minamoto no Yorinobu, Japanese samurai (d. 1048)
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968
Zhen Zong, emperor of the Song Dynasty (d. 1022)
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968
Emma of Paris, duchess of Normandy (b. 943)
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968
Yuan Dezhao, Chinese chancellor (b. 891)
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968
William, archbishop of Mainz (b. 929)
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968
Matilda of Ringelheim, Frankish queen and saint (b. 895)
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968
Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Arab prince and poet (b. 932)
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969
Olga of Kiev (b. 890)
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969
Fujiwara no Morotada, Japanese statesman (b. 920)
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969
Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.
Byzantine Emperor · Nikephoros II Phokas · Theophano (10th century)
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969
Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 931)
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969
Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor (b. 912)
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969
George El Mozahem, Egyptian martyr (b. 940)
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969
Byzantine general Michael Bourtzes seizes one of Antioch's main wall towers, which he defends against repeated attacks for three days until the reinforcements led by the stratopedarches Peter arrive and secure the city for the Byzantines.