Explore 19 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
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
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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
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…
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)
Emperor Murakami was the 62nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Murakami, Japanese emperor (born 926)
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
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
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
Empress Dowager Du was an empress dowager of imperial China's Song dynasty. She was the wife of general Zhao Hongyin and the mother of Emperor Taizu of Song, who founded the Song d…
Du, empress dowager of the Song dynasty
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)
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
Feng Yanji or Feng Yansi (馮延巳) (per the New History of the Five Dynasties and Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms, alternative name Feng Yansi, courtesy name Zhengzhong, w…
Feng Yanji, chancellor of Southern Tang (born 903)