963

This article is about the year 963. For the number, see 963 (number).

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 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

963 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	963 CMLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1716
Armenian calendar	412 ԹՎ ՆԺԲ
Assyrian calendar	5713
Bengali calendar	370
Berber calendar	1913
Buddhist calendar	1507
Burmese calendar	325
Byzantine calendar	6471–6472
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3659 or 3599     — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3660 or 3600
Coptic calendar	679–680
Discordian calendar	2129
Ethiopian calendar	955–956
Hebrew calendar	4723–4724
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1019–1020
- Shaka Samvat	885–886
- Kali Yuga	4064–4065
Holocene calendar	10963
Iranian calendar	341–342
Islamic calendar	351–352
Japanese calendar	Ōwa 3 (応和３年)
Julian calendar	963 CMLXIII
Korean calendar	3296
Minguo calendar	949 before ROC 民前949年
Seleucid era	1274/1275 AG
Thai solar calendar	1505–1506

Year 963 (CMLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Asia

• Turkish Khan Sebük Tigin establishes his empire in modern day Afghanistan.
• The Nanping State is forced to surrender when invaded by Song Dynasty armies.
• The Song Dynasty Chinese government attempts to ban the practice of cremation; despite this decree, the lower and middle classes continue to cremate their dead, until the government resolves the problem in the 12th century by establishing public graveyards for paupers.

Byzantine Empire

• Nikephoros II Phokas is proclaimed emperor by his troops in Caesarea on 2 July. After street fighting in Constantinople between his supporters and the men of the chief minister Joseph Bringas, he enters the city and is crowned emperor on 16 August. In September, he marries the empress Theophano, widow of Romanos II.
• The Monastery of Great Lavra at Mount Athos is founded by Athanasius the Athonite.

Europe

• Holy Roman Emperor Otto I defeats Mieszko I of Poland, compelling him to pay tribute.
• Luxembourg is founded.

By topic

Religion

• December 6 – Pope Leo VIII begins papacy as the 131st pope, a reign which initially runs concurrently with Pope John XII.

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
• August 16 – Marianos Argyros, Byzantine general