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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
Decades: | 930s 940s 950s – 960s – 970s 980s 990s |
Years: | 957 958 959 – 960 – 961 962 963 |
Gregorian calendar | 960 CMLX |
Ab urbe condita | 1713 |
Armenian calendar | 409 ԹՎ ՆԹ |
Assyrian calendar | 5710 |
Balinese saka calendar | 881–882 |
Bengali calendar | 367 |
Berber calendar | 1910 |
Buddhist calendar | 1504 |
Burmese calendar | 322 |
Byzantine calendar | 6468–6469 |
Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3656 or 3596 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3657 or 3597 |
Coptic calendar | 676–677 |
Discordian calendar | 2126 |
Ethiopian calendar | 952–953 |
Hebrew calendar | 4720–4721 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1016–1017 |
- Shaka Samvat | 881–882 |
- Kali Yuga | 4060–4061 |
Holocene calendar | 10960 |
Iranian calendar | 338–339 |
Islamic calendar | 348–349 |
Japanese calendar | Tentoku 4 (天徳4年) |
Javanese calendar | 860–861 |
Julian calendar | 960 CMLX |
Korean calendar | 3293 |
Minguo calendar | 952 before ROC 民前952年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −508 |
Seleucid era | 1271/1272 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1502–1503 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1086 or 705 or −67 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1087 or 706 or −66 |
960 (CMLX) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 1st millennium, the 60th year of the 10th century, and the 1st year of the 960s decade. As of the start of 960, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- Mieszko I becomes ruler in Poland
- Richard I of Normandy marries Emma of Paris
- The Aksumite Empire is destroyed
Births
[change | change source]- Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1028)
- Theophanu, princess who became Empress (d. 991)
- Sweyn I of Denmark (d. 1014)
- Gershom ben Judah
- Matsu, Taoist 'goddess' of the sea
- Olof of Sweden
- Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (d. 988)
- Bagrat III (d. 1014), king of Abkhazians and Georgians
- Seongjong of Goryeo (d. 997)
Deaths
[change | change source]- Saint Eadburga of Winchester
- Časlav Klonimirović, ruler of Serbia