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Calendar overview 960
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 Harald Blauzahn is baptized by Bishop Poppo . |
 establishes the Song Dynasty in China . |
| 960 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 408/409 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 952/953 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1503/04 (southern Buddhism); 1502/03 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 60th (61st) cycle
Year of the metal monkey庚申 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Sheep 己未) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 322/323 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 338/339 |
| Islamic calendar | 348/349 (turn of the year March 2/3) |
| Jewish calendar | 4720/21 (23/24 September) |
| Coptic calendar | 676/677 |
| Malayalam calendar | 135/136 |
| Roman calendar |
ab urbe condita MDCCXIII (1713)
Diocletian's era : 676/677 (November turn of the year) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1270/71 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1271/72 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 998 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1016/17 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Asia
- February 4th : Field Marshal Song Taizu comes to power through a coup in the Empire of China and establishes the Song Dynasty . The time of the Five Dynasties and Ten Empires ends.
Byzantine Empire
- Spring: The Byzantine Emperor Romanos II sends a fleet under his military leader Nikephoros Phokas against the emirate of Crete . The siege of the capital Candia begins in May.
- November 8th : In the battle of Andrassos in the Taurus Mountains , Leo Phokas the Younger defeated the troops of the Hamdanid emirate of Aleppo under the emir Saif ad-Daula during his retreat with the Byzantine army . Saif al-Daula narrowly escapes, but his army is destroyed. The power of the Hamdanids is completely broken.
Eastern Franconia
- King Berengar II of Italy tries to bring the Patrimony of Peter into his sphere of influence in Northern Italy . Pope John XII Thereupon in autumn asked the East Franconian King Otto I for help. The Archbishop of Milan and the Bishops of Como and Novara join the call for help.
Other events in Europe
- Sancho I. drives Ordoño IV. With the help of the Kingdom of Navarre and Caliph Abd ar-Rahman III. of Córdoba and becomes King of León again after two years . Ordoño flees to Asturias.
Poland under Mieszko I. 960- 992
Africa
- around 960: Gudit von Shewa conquers the Aksumite Empire and kills its last king.
First documentary mentions
- First documented mention of Bohlsbach , Bonaduz , Drübeck and Illingen .
- The Portuguese cities of Amares and Sernancelhe are first mentioned in a document.
religion
- Christianization of Scandinavia : The Danish King Harald Blauzahn is baptized by Bishop Poppo at Poppostein . The Danes become Christians .
Born
- Godehard , Bishop of Hildesheim and saint († 1038 )
- Øssur Havgrímsson , Faroese nobleman, figure of the Faroese saga († 983 )
- Vladimir I , Grand Prince of Kiev, saint of the Russian Orthodox Church († 1015 )
- to 950 /960: Bernward , Bishop of Hildesheim († 1022 )
- around 960: Adala of Bavaria , Countess Palatine of Bavaria and Countess in Chiemgau († 1020 )
- around 960: Dedo I , Count of Wettin († 1009 )
- around 960: Gerschom ben Jehuda , Jewish legal scholar in Mainz († 1028 or 1040 )
- around 960: Theophanu , Byzantine princess and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire († 991 )
- around 960: Turið Torkilsdóttir , Faroese nobleman, figure of the Faroese saga († before 1047)
Died
- Fujiwara no Morosuke , Japanese nobleman (* 908 )
Web links
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