961
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This article is about the year 961. For the number, see 961 (number). For the international calling code, see Telephone numbers in Lebanon.
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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: | 958 959 960 – 961 – 962 963 964 |
| 961 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 961 CMLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1714 |
| Armenian calendar | 410 ԹՎ ՆԺ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5711 |
| 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 | 883–884 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4062–4063 |
| Holocene calendar | 10961 |
| Iranian calendar | 339–340 |
| Islamic calendar | 349–350 |
| Japanese calendar | Tentoku 5 / Ōwa 1 (応和元年) |
| Julian calendar | 961 CMLXI |
| Korean calendar | 3294 |
| Minguo calendar | 951 before ROC 民前951年 |
| Seleucid era | 1272/1273 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1503–1504 |
Year 961 (CMLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[edit]
By place[edit]
Asia[edit]
- Ani (present-day Turkey) becomes the capital of Armenia under the Bagratuni dynasty.
- The Huqiu Tower is built in China (often called the Chinese Leaning Tower of Pisa).
Europe[edit]
- March 6 – Byzantine reconquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas, end of the Emirate of Crete
- Battle of Fitjar: Haakon the Good squashes the rebelling forces of Eric Bloodaxe's sons, but is killed.
- Harald Greycloak becomes ruler of the western part of Norway.
- St Paul's Cathedral in London is destroyed by fire.
- Al-Hakam II starts to rule.
By topic[edit]
Art[edit]
- Before this year – Textile with elephants and camels, known today as the Suaire de Saint-Josse, from Khurasan or Central Asia, is made. It was preserved in the Church of Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, near Caen in Normandy. It is now kept at the Louvre, Paris.
Births[edit]
- January 15 – Seongjong of Goryeo, Korean ruler (d. 997)
- Edith of Wilton, English nun and saint (d. 984)
- Sigmundur Brestisson, chieftain in the Faroe Islands (d. 1005)
Deaths[edit]
- King Haakon the Good of Norway
- Abd-ar-Rahman III, Caliph of Córdoba
- Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang (China)
- Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid, Ikhshidid ruler
