961
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 930s 940s 950s – 960s – 970s 980s 990s |
| Years: | 958 959 960 – 961 – 962 963 964 |
| 961 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 961 CMLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1714 |
| Armenian calendar | 410 ԹՎ ՆԺ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -883 – -882 |
| Berber calendar | 1911 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1505 |
| Burmese calendar | 323 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6469 – 6470 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年十二月十二日 (3597/3657-12-12) — to —
辛酉年十一月廿一日(3598/3658-11-21) |
| Coptic calendar | 677 – 678 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 953 – 954 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4721 – 4722 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1016 – 1017 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 883 – 884 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4062 – 4063 |
| Holocene calendar | 10961 |
| Iranian calendar | 339 – 340 |
| Islamic calendar | 349 – 350 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3294 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1504 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Asia
- Ani (present-day Turkey) becomes the capital of Armenia under the Bagratuni Dynasty.
- The Huqiu Tower is built in China (often called the Chinese Leaning Tower of Pisa).
[edit] Europe
- The Byzantine Empire recaptures Crete from Muslim control.
- Battle of Fitje: Haakon I of Norway squashes the rebelling forces of Eric Bloodaxe's sons, but is killed.
- 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.
[edit] Art
- Before 961 – Textile with elephants and camels, known today as the Suaire de St-Josse, from Khurasan or Central Asia, is made. It was preserved in the Church of Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, near Caen in Normandy. It is now kept at Musée du Louvre, Paris.
[edit] Births
- Edith of Wilton
- Sigmundur Brestisson, chieftain in the Faroe Islands
