Years: 960 961 962 963 - 964 - 965 966 967 968

Decades: 930s 940s 950s - 960s - 970s 980s 990s

Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century

Events

• Nicephorus II begins campaign to recapture Cilicia.
• Pope Benedict V chosen as pope by people of Rome over Pope Leo VIII, but then deposed.
• Construction of a castle at Saarburg begins.
• Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars is published.

Births

Deaths

• May 14 - Pope John XII
• Heinrich I, Archbishop of Trier