960
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This article is about the year 960.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 930s 940s 950s – 960s – 970s 980s 990s |
| Years: | 957 958 959 – 960 – 961 962 963 |
| 960 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 960 CMLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1713 |
| Armenian calendar | 409 ԹՎ ՆԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5710 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -884–-883 |
| Bengali calendar | 367 |
| Berber calendar | 1910 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1504 |
| Burmese calendar | 322 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6468–6469 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年十一月三十日 (3596/3656-11-30) — to —
庚申年十二月十一日(3597/3657-12-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 676–677 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 952–953 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4720–4721 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1016–1017 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 882–883 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4061–4062 |
| Holocene calendar | 10960 |
| Iranian calendar | 338–339 |
| Islamic calendar | 348–349 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3293 |
| Minguo calendar | 952 before ROC 民前952年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1503 |
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Year 960 (CMLX) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Edgar the Peaceable is crowned King of England. Dunstan becomes Archbishop of Canterbury and Edgar's chief adviser. He reforms monasteries and enforces the rule of Saint Benedict: Poverty, Chastity and Obedience for monks. He attempts to impose celibacy on the secular clergy without noticeable success. Dunstan actively encourages the Danes to integrate with the English.
- Mieszko I becomes ruler in Poland.
- St Dunstan's, Mayfield is founded.
- Richard I of Normandy marries Emma of Paris.
- Sviatoslav I of Kiev conquers the Khazars' imperial power.
[edit] Africa
- The Aksumite Empire is destroyed by pagan invaders under the leadership of Queen Gudit.
[edit] Asia
- The Song Dynasty comes to power in China when Zhao Kuangyin usurps the Later Zhou Dynasty throne.
- The amount of registered soldiers in the Song Chinese army is some 378,000.
[edit] Births
- Aimoin, French chronicler (d. 1010)
- Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1028)
- Theophanu, Greek princess who became Empress (d. 991)
- Sweyn I of Denmark (d. 1014)
- Gershom ben Judah (d. ??)
- Matsu, Taoist 'goddess' of the sea
- Olof of Sweden (approximate date) (d. 1020–1021)
- Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (d. 988)
- Bagrat III (d. 1014), king of Abkhazians and Georgians
- Seongjong of Goryeo (d. 997)
[edit] Deaths
- Saint Eadburga of Winchester
- Časlav Klonimirović, ruler of Serbia
