963

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	930s  940s  950s  – 960s –  970s  980s  990s
Years:	960 961 962 – 963 – 964 965 966

963 Media

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  Emperor Nikephoros II (c. 912–969)

963 was a common year.

Events

• Sebük Tigin starts his empire in modern-day Afghanistan
• The Nanping State has to surrender when invaded by Song Dynasty armies
• The Song Dynasty Chinese government tries to ban the practice of cremation
• Holy Roman Emperor Otto I defeats Mieszko I of Poland
• Luxembourg is founded
• December 6 – Pope Leo VIII becomes the 131st pope

Births

• Li Jiqian, Tangut jiedushi who ruled the new Western Xia Dynasty in northwestern China (d. 1004)

Deaths

• March 15 – Romanos II, Byzantine Emperor (b. 939)
• April 3 – William III, Duke of Aquitaine
• April 18 – Stephen Lekapenos, co-emperor of Byzantium in 924–945