961
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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961 by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 961 CMLXI |
Ab urbe condita | 1714 |
Armenian calendar | 410 ԹՎ ՆԺ |
Assyrian calendar | 5711 |
Balinese saka calendar | 882–883 |
Bengali calendar | 368 |
Berber calendar | 1911 |
Buddhist calendar | 1505 |
Burmese calendar | 323 |
Byzantine calendar | 6469–6470 |
Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3657 or 3597 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3658 or 3598 |
Coptic calendar | 677–678 |
Discordian calendar | 2127 |
Ethiopian calendar | 953–954 |
Hebrew calendar | 4721–4722 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1017–1018 |
- Shaka Samvat | 882–883 |
- Kali Yuga | 4061–4062 |
Holocene calendar | 10961 |
Iranian calendar | 339–340 |
Islamic calendar | 349–350 |
Japanese calendar | Tentoku 5 / Ōwa 1 (応和元年) |
Javanese calendar | 861–862 |
Julian calendar | 961 CMLXI |
Korean calendar | 3294 |
Minguo calendar | 951 before ROC 民前951年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −507 |
Seleucid era | 1272/1273 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1503–1504 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1087 or 706 or −66 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1088 or 707 or −65 |
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Statue of Caliph Al-Hakam II (915–976)
Year 961 (CMLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- March 6 – Siege of Chandax: Byzantine forces under Nikephoros Phokas capture and pillage Chandax after an 8-month siege. Nikephoros massacres the population without mercy and carries them off into slavery. He returns to Constantinople with Emir Abd al-Aziz ibn Shu'ayb and his family as prisoners. The island of Crete is converted into a Byzantine theme and the remaining Muslims are converted to Christianity.[1]
Europe
- May 26 – King Otto I (the Great) elects his 6-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler at the Imperial Diet in Worms. He is crowned at Aachen, and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda and his half-brother William of Mainz. Otto's own brother Bruno I is charged with the provisional government of Lorraine again.
- Summer – Otto I leads an expeditionary force into northern Italy through the Brenner Pass at Trento, to assist the beleaguered young Pope John XII. He proceeds towards Pavia – King Berengar II sends his son and co-ruler Adalbert II from Rome at the head of a large army to seize control of the Upper Adige and contest Otto's entry.
- The Lombard army under Adalbert II refuses to fight Otto I unless Berengar II abdicates in favor of Adalbert. Berengar refuses, and the armies retreat to their strongholds. Berengar and his family take whatever loyal soldiers remain and disperse themselves – Berengar retreats to the fortress at Montefeltro (in the Pentapolis).
- Battle of Fitjar: A Viking force under the sons of Eric Bloodaxe lands on Hordaland. King Haakon I (the Good) defeats the rebelling force, but is killed. Harald Greycloak becomes ruler of the western part of Norway.
- October 15 – Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III dies after a 32-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Al-Hakam II as ruler of the Caliphate of Córdoba in Al-Andalus (modern Spain).
Armenia
- King Ashot III (the Merciful) moves his capital from Kars eastward to Ani (modern Turkey). Located on a major east-west caravan route, Ani will become larger than any Europan city, with a population of about 100,000 that will rival Baghdad, Cairo, and Constantinople. Ani also becomes the site of the royal mausoleum of the Bagratuni kings.[2]
By topic
Art
- The "Shroud of Saint Josse", a rich silk Samite camel cloth from Khurasan, is made. It is preserved in the Abbey of Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, near Caen (Normandy) (approximate date).
Religion
- The Tiger Hill Pagoda (or Huqui Tower) is built in the city of Suzhou, located in Jiangsu Provence (Eastern China).
- Tavistock Abbey is founded by Ordgar, an Ealdorman of Devon, in England.[3]
Births
- January 15 – Seongjong, ruler of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 997)
- Al-Tha'alibi, Persian historian and writer (d. 1038)
- Arnulf II (the Younger), Frankish nobleman (or 960)
- Edith of Wilton, English princess and nun (approximate date)
- Fujiwara no Michikane, Japanese nobleman (d. 995)
- Kou Zhun, Chinese grand chancellor (approximate date)
- Mahendradatta, queen of Bali (Indonesia) (d. 1011)
- Pietro II Orseolo, doge of Venice (d. 1009)
- Ramiro III, king of León (Spain) (d. 985)
- Sigmundur Brestisson, Viking chieftain (d. 1005)
Deaths
- July 17 – Du, empress dowager of the Song Dynasty
- August 12 – Yuan Zong, emperor of Southern Tang (b. 916)
- September 19 – Helena Lekapene, Byzantine empress
- October 1 – Artald, archbishop of Reims
- October 15 – Abd-al-Rahman III, caliph of Córdoba
- Abd al-Malik I, Samanid emir (b. 944)
- Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid, Ikhshidid ruler
- Adarnase V, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)
- Atto of Vercelli, Lombard bishop (b. 885)
- Ava of Cerdanya, countess regent of Cerdanya and Besalú
- Butuga II, ruler of the Western Ganga Dynasty (India)
- Fujiwara no Masatada, Japanese poet
- Haakon I (the Good), king of Norway
- Landulf II (the Red), Lombard prince
- Li Tao, Chinese chancellor (approximate date)
- Minamoto no Tsunemoto, Japanese samurai (b. 894)
- Raymond II, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
- William II, Frankish nobleman (approximate date)
References
- ↑ Romane, Julian (2015). Byzantine Triumphant. Pen and Sword Books, p. 6. ISBN 978-1473845701.
- ↑ Manuk-Khaloyan, Armen (2013). "In the Cemetery of their Ancestors: The Royal Burial Tombs of the Bagratuni Kings of Greater Armenia (890–1073/79)". Revue des Études Arméniennes: pp. 147–155.
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh (1911). "Tavistock". Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh Edition). Cambridge University Press, pp. 457–458.
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