961

961 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	961; CMLXI
Ab urbe condita	1714
Armenian calendar	410; ԹՎ ՆԺ
Assyrian calendar	5711
Balinese saka calendar	882–883
Bengali calendar	368
Berber calendar	1911
Buddhist calendar	1505
Burmese calendar	323
Byzantine calendar	6469–6470
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey); 3658 or 3451; — to —; 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster); 3659 or 3452
Coptic calendar	677–678
Discordian calendar	2127
Ethiopian calendar	953–954
Hebrew calendar	4721–4722
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1017–1018
- Shaka Samvat	882–883
- Kali Yuga	4061–4062
Holocene calendar	10961
Iranian calendar	339–340
Islamic calendar	349–350
Japanese calendar	Tentoku 5 / Ōwa 1; (応和元年)
Javanese calendar	861–862
Julian calendar	961; CMLXI
Korean calendar	3294
Minguo calendar	951 before ROC; 民前951年
Nanakshahi calendar	−507
Seleucid era	1272/1273 AG
Thai solar calendar	1503–1504
Tibetan calendar	阳金猴年; (male Iron-Monkey); 1087 or 706 or −66; — to —; 阴金鸡年; (female Iron-Rooster); 1088 or 707 or −65

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century ; 11th century;
Decades:	940s; 950s; 960s ; 970s; 980s;
Years:	958; 959; 960; 961 ; 962; 963; 964;

Year 961 (CMLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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).

March 6 – Byzantine reconquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas, end of the Emirate of Crete
Battle of Fitjar: Haakon the Good squashes the rebelling forces of Eric Bloodaxe's sons, but is killed.
Harald Greycloak becomes ruler of the western part of Norway.
St Paul's Cathedral in London is destroyed by fire.
Al-Hakam II starts to rule.

Before this year – Textile with elephants and camels, known today as the Suaire de Saint-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 the Louvre, Paris.