960
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| 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 was a leap year starting on Sunday.
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