Centuries:	9th century - 10th century - 11th century
Decades:	930s  940s  950s  - 960s -  970s  980s  990s
Years:	960 961 962 - 963 - 964 965 966

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Politics

State leaders - Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments - Disestablishments

963 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	963 CMLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1716
Armenian calendar	412 ԹՎ ՆԺԲ
Bahá'í calendar	-881 – -880
Berber calendar	1913
Buddhist calendar	1507
Burmese calendar	325
Byzantine calendar	6471 – 6472
Chinese calendar	壬戌年十二月初三日 (3599/3659-12-3) — to — 癸亥年十二月十三日 (3600/3660-12-13)
Coptic calendar	679 – 680
Ethiopian calendar	955 – 956
Hebrew calendar	4723 – 4724
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1018 – 1019
- Shaka Samvat	885 – 886
- Kali Yuga	4064 – 4065
Holocene calendar	10963
Iranian calendar	341 – 342
Islamic calendar	351 – 352
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3296
Thai solar calendar	1506
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Events

By Place

Asia

• Turkish Khan Sebük Tigin establishes his empire in modern day Afghanistan.
• The Nanping State is forced to surrender when invaded by Song Dynasty armies.
• The Song Dynasty Chinese government attempts to ban the practice of cremation; despite this decree, the lower and middle classes continue to cremate their dead, until the government resolves the problem in the 12th century by establishing public graveyards for paupers.

Byzantine Empire

• Nicephorus I Phocas marries Theophano (10th century), widow of Emperor Romanus II.
• The Monastery of Great Lavra at Mount Athos is founded by Athanasius the Athonite.

Europe

• Holy Roman Emperor Otto I defeats Mieszko I of Poland, compelling him to pay tribute.
• Luxembourg is founded.

By Topic

Religion

• December 6 — Pope Leo VIII begins papacy as the 131st pope, a reign which initially runs concurrently with Pope John XII.

Births

• Li Jiqian, Tangut jiedushi who ruled the new Western Xia Dynasty in northwestern China (d. 1004)

Deaths

• April 3 — William III, Duke of Aquitaine
• Romanus II, Byzantine Emperor (b. 939)