Explore 9 historical events from 960–969.
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
Adalbero I was the bishop of Metz from 929 till 954.
Adalbero I, bishop of Metz
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
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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)