968
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 930s 940s 950s – 960s – 970s 980s 990s |
| Years: | 965 966 967 – 968 – 969 970 971 |
| 968 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 968 CMLXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1721 |
| Armenian calendar | 417 ԹՎ ՆԺԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5718 |
| Bengali calendar | 375 |
| Berber calendar | 1918 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1512 |
| Burmese calendar | 330 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6476–6477 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3664 or 3604 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3665 or 3605 |
| Coptic calendar | 684–685 |
| Discordian calendar | 2134 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 960–961 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4728–4729 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1024–1025 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 890–891 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4069–4070 |
| Holocene calendar | 10968 |
| Iranian calendar | 346–347 |
| Islamic calendar | 357–358 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōhō 5 / Anna 1 (安和元年) |
| Julian calendar | 968 CMLXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3301 |
| Minguo calendar | 944 before ROC 民前944年 |
| Seleucid era | 1279/1280 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1510–1511 |
Year 968 (CMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- The Pechenegs begin the Siege of Kiev.
Europe
- The Battle near Silistra occurs in the spring near the Bulgarian town of Silistra, but most probably on the modern territory of Romania.
By topic
Religion
- The Archbishopric of Magdeburg is founded.
- The first Polish bishopric is founded in Poznań. Jordan becomes the first bishop.
Births
- May 14 – Leofric, Earl of Mercia
- Æthelred the Unready, King of England (d. 1016)
- Emperor Kazan, emperor of Japan
- Romanus III, Byzantine emperor (d. 1034)
- Emperor Zhenzong of Song
Deaths
- April 4 – Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Arab prince, general and poet (b. 932)
- August 25 – Edgiva of Kent, queen of Edward the Elder of England
- April – Abu al-Misk Kafur
- Aldred of Lindisfarne
- John III of Naples
- Landulf III of Benevento
- William, Archbishop of Mainz
- Matilda
