Information about 960
| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11st century |
| Decades: | 930s 940s 950s - 960s - 970s 980s 990s |
| Years: | 957 958 959 - 960 - 961 962 963 |
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| Gregorian calendar | BC CMLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1713 |
| Armenian calendar | 409 ԹՎ ՆԹ |
| Bah' calendar | -884 – -883 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1504 |
| Chinese calendar | 3596/3656-7-27 (己未年七月廿七日) — to — 3597/3657-7-6(庚申年七月初六日) |
| Coptic calendar | 676 – 677 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 952 – 953 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4720 – 4721 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1015 – 1016 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 882 – 883 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4061 – 4062 |
| Holocene calendar | 10960 |
| Iranian calendar | 338 – 339 |
| Islamic calendar | 349 – 350 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1620 (皇紀1620年) |
| Julian calendar | 1005 |
| Korean calendar | 3293 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1503 |
Events
By Place
Europe
- Edgar the Peaceable crowned King of England. Dunstan became Archbishop of Canterbury and Edgar's chief adviser. He reformed monasteries and enforced the rule of St Benedict: Poverty, Chastity and Obedience for monks. He attempted to impose celibacy on the secular clergy without noticeable success. Dunstan actively encouraged the Danes to integrate with the English.
- Mieszko I becomes ruler in Poland
- St Dunstan's, Mayfield was founded.
- Richard I of Normandy marries Emma of Paris
Asia
- The Song Dynasty (960-1279) came to power in China when Zhao Kuangyin usurps the Later Zhou Dynasty throne.
- Sviatoslav I of Kiev conquers the Khazars imperial power.
- Nicephorus II captures Crete
Births
- Aimoin, French chronicler (d. 1010)
- Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1028)
- Theophanu a 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 born (approx) (d. 1020-1021)
- Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (d. 988)
- Bagrat III (d. 1014)
- Seongjong of Goryeo (d. 997)
Deaths
- Saint Eadburga
- Časlav Klonimirović
- Upper Paleolithic
- 10th millennium BC | 9th millennium BC | 8th millennium BC
- 7th millennium BC | 6th millennium BC | 5th millennium BC
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- Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus (965).
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Byzantine Empire - Romanos II the Purple-born (Ρωμανός Β' ο Πορφυρογέννητος), Byzantine Emperor 959 - 963) China
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Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull
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Ab Urbe condita (literally, "from the city, having been founded") is a monumental history of Rome, from its legendary founding (ab Urbe condita, dated to 753 BC by Varro and most modern scholars). The book was written by Titus Livius (around 59 BC–AD 17).
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Armenian calendar uses the Armenian numerals. It begins in AD 552 as the start of the Armenian era.
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Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Sri Lanka in several related forms. It is a lunisolar calendar having months that are alternately 29 and 30 days, with an intercalated day and a 30-day
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Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. In China today, the Gregorian calendar is used for most day to day activities, but the Chinese calendar is still used for marking traditional Chinese holidays such
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. This calendar is based on the ancient Egyptian calendar. To avoid the calendar creep of the latter, a reform of the ancient Egyptian calendar was introduced at the time of Ptolemy
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Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer), also called the
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Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הלוח העברי) or Jewish calendar is the calendar used by Jews for religious purposes.
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Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization, and today there are several regional Indian calendars, as well as an Indian national calendar. In Pakistan it is called 'desi' or native calendar.
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