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Calendar overview 964
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| 964 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 412/413 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 956/957 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1507/08 (southern Buddhism); 1506/07 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 60./61. (61./62.) Cycle
Year of the Wood Rat甲子 ( at the beginning of the year Water Pig 癸亥) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 326/327 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 342/343 |
| Islamic calendar | 352/353 (turn of the year 18/19 January) |
| Jewish calendar | 4724/25 (9/10 September) |
| Coptic calendar | 680/681 |
| Malayalam calendar | 139/140 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MDCCXVII (1717)
Diocletian's era : 680/681 (November turn of the year) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1274/75 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1275/76 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 1002 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1020/21 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Italy / Holy Roman Empire
- January: Emperor Otto I leaves Rome and starts his return journey across the Alps. Immediately after his departure, the Romans, contrary to their oath, take Pope John XII, who had been deposed from him . again and drive out Pope Leo VIII , who was appointed by Otto . A synod declares the resolutions of the synod of the previous year to be invalid. Leo flees to Otto, who turns back and makes his way back to Rome.
- May 14 : John XII. dies surprisingly. On May 22nd, Benedict V was elected as his successor by the Romans .
- June: Otto I begins the siege of Rome. After a few weeks he can move into the city.
- June 23 : The Romans deliver Pope Benedict V to Emperor Otto I , who re-enthrones Leo VIII . About a month later, Benedict was brought to Hamburg as a prisoner under the care of Archbishop Adaldag .
- Margrave Berengar II of Ivrea , who holed up in the fortress of San Leo during the fight against Otto I , surrendered to Otto's troops. He is captured and brought to Bamberg .
- Count Siegfried built the Saarburg high fortress in what is now Saarburg .
Byzantine Empire
- A Byzantine army under Johannes Tzimiskes besieges Mamista in vain . In autumn, Emperor Nikephorus II also appears in front of the city.
- Nikephorus II sends a military expedition to the island of Sicily, which is ruled by the Fatimids .
First documentary mentions
- Miramas is first mentioned in a document.
science and technology
Constellation Sagittarius from Book of Fixed Stars
- The Persian astronomer Abd ar-Rahman as-Sufi publishes his main work The Book of Fixed Stars . In the same year he discovered the star group Collinder 399 .
Born
- around 964: Edith von Wilton , English Benedictine and saint of the Catholic Church († 984 )
- around 964: Erik Håkonsson , ruler of Norway († 1024 )
- around 964: García II , Count of Aragon and King of Navarre († 1000 )
Died
Date of death secured
- March 27 : Arnulf I , Count of Flanders (* around 885 / 890 )
- May 14 : John XII. , Pope (* 937 or 939 )
- July 3 : Heinrich I , Archbishop of Trier
- December 29th : Reginbert von Seldenbüren , German monastery founder
Exact date of death unknown
- Hassan al-Kalbi , Emir of Sicily
- Nyaung-u Sawrahan , ruler in the Burmese kingdom of Bagan
Web links
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