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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 969 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 969 CMLXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1722 |
| Armenian calendar | 418 ԹՎ ՆԺԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5719 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 890–891 |
| Bengali calendar | 376 |
| Berber calendar | 1919 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1513 |
| Burmese calendar | 331 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6477–6478 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3666 or 3459 — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3667 or 3460 |
| Coptic calendar | 685–686 |
| Discordian calendar | 2135 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 961–962 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4729–4730 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1025–1026 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 890–891 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4069–4070 |
| Holocene calendar | 10969 |
| Iranian calendar | 347–348 |
| Islamic calendar | 358–359 |
| Japanese calendar | Anna 2 (安和２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 870–871 |
| Julian calendar | 969 CMLXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3302 |
| Minguo calendar | 943 before ROC 民前943年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −499 |
| Seleucid era | 1280/1281 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1511–1512 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1095 or 714 or −58 — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1096 or 715 or −57 |
Year 969 (CMLXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
- June: Fustat surrenders to the Fatimids, ending the Ikhshidid dynasty and signalling the takeover of Egypt by the Fatimids.
Asia
- Emperor En'yū succeeds Emperor Reizei on the throne of Japan.
- Jing Zong succeeds Mu Zong in the Khitan Empire.
- October 28 – Byzantine general Michael Bourtzes seizes part of Antioch's fortifications. The capture of the city from the Arabs is completed three days later, when reinforcements under the stratopedarches Peter arrive.
- Uththama Chola becomes the Chola Emperor after the mysterious death of Aditya Karikalan (also known as Aditya Chola II). He rules for 16 years. Arulmolivarman becomes the heir apparent, and later the great Rajaraja Chola I.
Byzantine Empire
- December 11 – John I Tzimiskes becomes Byzantine Emperor after assassinating Nikephoros II Phokas.
Europe
- Peter I abdicates and retires to a monastery and is succeeded by Boris II as Tsar of Bulgaria.
- Conquest of Bulgaria by Sviatoslav I of Kiev.
Births
Deaths
- July 11 – Olga of Kiev
- Harald II of Norway
- December 11 – Nikephoros II Phokas (murdered by John I Tzimiskes)
- Emperor Muzong of Liao (murdered)