Explore 36 historical events from 960–969.
Eadburh was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England and his third wife, Eadgifu of Kent. She lived most of her life as a nun known for her singing ability. Most of the inf…
Eadburh of Winchester, English princess and saint
Fujiwara no Morosuke , also known as Kujō-dono or Bōjō-udaijin, was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the middle Heian period. Considered a learned scholar and w…
Fujiwara no Morosuke, Japanese statesman (born 909)
Pope John XII, born Octavian, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 16 December 955 to his death in 964. He was related to the counts of Tusculum, a powerful Ro…
Pope John XII (born 927)
Henry I was the Archbishop of Trier from 956 until his death.
Henry I, Frankish nobleman and archbishop
Stephen Lekapenos or Lecapenus was the second son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, and co-emperor from 924 to 945. With his younger brother Constantine, he deposed Rom…
Stephen Lekapenos, co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Gero I, sometimes called the Great, was a prominent German noble from the Duchy of Saxony in the East Francia, who held several offices during the reign of king and later emperor O…
Gero the Great, Saxon ruler (born c
Adalbero I was the bishop of Metz from 929 till 954.
Adalbero I, bishop of Metz
Wicbert or Guibert was a nobleman who became a hermit and founded Gembloux Abbey. He was canonized as a saint in 1211. Saint Guibert's feast day is observed on 23 May.
Guibert of Gembloux, Frankish abbot (born 892)
Otto I, known as Otto the Great or Otto of Saxony, was East Frankish (German) king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the eldest son of Henry t…
King Otto I elects his six-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom
Basil II Porphyrogenitus, given the epithet the Bulgar Slayer, was the senior Byzantine emperor from 976 to 1025. He and his brother Constantine VIII were crowned before their fath…
Basil II is crowned co-Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
George El Mozahem is a Coptic Orthodox martyr and saint.
George El Mozahem, Egyptian martyr (born 940)
Olga was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа. She is known for her subjugation of the Drevlians, a tr…
Olga of Kiev (born 890)
The Fatimid Caliphate, also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate that existed from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a d…
The Fatimid general Jawhar leads the Friday prayer in Fustat in the name of Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, thereby…
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the M…
The Byzantine Empire recovers Antioch from Arab rule.
Emperor Murakami was the 62nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Murakami, Japanese emperor (born 926)
Wichmann II the Younger was a member of the Saxon House of Billung. He was a son of Count Wichmann the Elder and his wife Frederuna, a niece of Queen Matilda. The cousin of Empero…
Wichmann II, Frankish nobleman
Li Yixing, né Li Yiyin (李彝殷), noble title Prince of Xia (夏王), was an ethnic Tangut warlord who ruled Dingnan Circuit from 935 to his death in 967, as its military governor (Jiedush…
Li Yixing, Chinese governor
Berengar II was the king of Italy from 950 until his deposition in 961. He was a scion of the Anscarid and Unruoching dynasties, and was named after his maternal grandfather, Beren…
Berengar II of Italy (born 900)
Tarsus is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,029 km2, and its population is 350,732 (2022). It is a historic city, 20 km inland from the Mediterr…
Nikephoros II Phokas captures the city of Tarsus, finalising the Byzantine conquest of Cilicia.
Pope John XIII was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1 October 965 to his death. His pontificate was caught up in the continuing conflict between the Holy Roman…
Pope John XIII is consecrated.
Pope Benedict V was the pope and ruler of the Papal States from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Leo VIII. He was overthrown by Emperor Otto I. His brief pontificate occurre…
Benedict V, pope of the Catholic Church
Meng Chang (孟昶) (919–965), originally Meng Renzan (孟仁贊), courtesy name Baoyuan (保元), posthumously honored as Prince Gongxiao of Chu (楚恭孝王) by the Emperor Taizu of Song, was the sec…
Meng Chang, emperor of Later Shu (born 919)
Gero I, sometimes called the Great, was a prominent German noble from the Duchy of Saxony in the East Francia, who held several offices during the reign of king and later emperor O…
Gero the Great, Saxon ruler (bornc
Gero I, sometimes called the Great, was a prominent German noble from the Duchy of Saxony in the East Francia, who held several offices during the reign of king and later emperor O…
Gero the Great, Saxon ruler (born c
Abū al-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī al-Kindī, commonly known as al-Mutanabbi, was an Abbasid-era Arab poet at the court of the Hamdanid emir Sayf al-Dawla in Aleppo, for…
Al-Mutanabbi, Arab poet (born 915)
Bruno the Great was the archbishop of Cologne from 953 until his death and the duke of Lotharingia after 954. He was the youngest brother of Emperor Otto I.
Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne (born 925)
Pope John XII, born Octavian, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 16 December 955 to his death in 964. He was related to the counts of Tusculum, a powerful Ro…
Pope John XII (born 927)
Henry I was the Archbishop of Trier from 956 until his death.
Henry I, Frankish nobleman and archbishop
Nikephoros II Phokas, Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969. His career, not uniformly successful in matters of statecraft or of war, nonetheless gr…
Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire, swearing to protect the two sons of the previous…
Stephen Lekapenos or Lecapenus was the second son of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, and co-emperor from 924 to 945. With his younger brother Constantine, he deposed Rom…
Stephen Lekapenos, co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Marianos Argyros was a Byzantine aristocrat and member of the Argyros family. A monk, in 944 he supported the assumption of sole rule by Constantine VII, and was allowed to leave t…
Marianos Argyros, Byzantine general (born 944)
Adalbero I was the bishop of Metz from 929 till 954.
Adalbero I, bishop of Metz
Wicbert or Guibert was a nobleman who became a hermit and founded Gembloux Abbey. He was canonized as a saint in 1211. Saint Guibert's feast day is observed on 23 May.
Guibert of Gembloux, Frankish abbot (born 892)
Gerloc, baptised in Rouen as Adela in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, of Normandy, Count of Rouen, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux. She was the sister of William I Longsword of Norma…
Gerloc, Frankish noblewoman