965

965 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	965; CMLXV
Ab urbe condita	1718
Armenian calendar	414; ԹՎ ՆԺԴ
Assyrian calendar	5715
Balinese saka calendar	886–887
Bengali calendar	372
Berber calendar	1915
Buddhist calendar	1509
Burmese calendar	327
Byzantine calendar	6473–6474
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat); 3662 or 3455; — to —; 乙丑年 (Wood Ox); 3663 or 3456
Coptic calendar	681–682
Discordian calendar	2131
Ethiopian calendar	957–958
Hebrew calendar	4725–4726
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1021–1022
- Shaka Samvat	886–887
- Kali Yuga	4065–4066
Holocene calendar	10965
Iranian calendar	343–344
Islamic calendar	353–355
Japanese calendar	Kōhō 2; (康保２年)
Javanese calendar	865–866
Julian calendar	965; CMLXV
Korean calendar	3298
Minguo calendar	947 before ROC; 民前947年
Nanakshahi calendar	−503
Seleucid era	1276/1277 AG
Thai solar calendar	1507–1508
Tibetan calendar	阳木鼠年; (male Wood-Rat); 1091 or 710 or −62; — to —; 阴木牛年; (female Wood-Ox); 1092 or 711 or −61

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century ; 11th century;
Decades:	940s; 950s; 960s ; 970s; 980s;
Years:	962; 963; 964; 965 ; 966; 967; 968;

Year 965 (CMLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

The Khazar fortress of Sarkel falls to the Kievan Rus.
Byzantine-Arab Wars: The Byzantine attempt to recover Sicily definitely fails when the Byzantine fleet is annihilated by the Fatimids at the Battle of the Straits. Soon after, the last Byzantine stronghold on the island, Rometta, falls.

Byzantine-Arab Wars: Nikephoros II Phokas sacks Tarsus and completes the conquest of Cilicia. Arab raids into Anatolia permanently cease. That same year, Byzantine troops under Niketas Chalkoutzes occupy Cyprus, liberating the Greek population from Arab control.
Northern Song armies invade the Later Shu Kingdom and force it to surrender.