963

This page relates to the year 963 Calendrier Julien.

Events

Unification of the China of the Song (fine in 979): conquests of the kingdoms Shu, Jing, Chu, Wu Yue, You ang of the south and Nanhan and Han of north.

Bursting of the preceding authoritarian regimes. The well-read men ( wen-jen ) take importance at the court or the conservatives (Szuma Kuang) clash with the reformers (Wang Year-shih).
Rise of the trade: the merchants are not subjected any more to the payments of the closed markets of the Han and the You ang.

April 3rd: Guillaume Fierabras becomes duke of Aquitaine (fine in 994).
December 4th: The pope Jean XII is deposited for murder, Inceste and perjury by Othon I {{er}}. Feudal turbulent Italian is recalled hard to obedience.
December 6th: Beginning of the Pontificate of Leon VIII (fine in 964).

the Benedictines found the center missionary of Magdeburg.
the count Sigefroi founds the county of Luxembourg.
the Germans reach the Oder. Othon Large the and Wichmann of Saxony launch several campaigns against the Poland until in 967.
Conquest of the Lusace by Gero Large the.
Campaigns of Sviatoslav of Kiev against the Khazars. It takes Sarkel to them, the Kouban and the buttresses of the the Caucasus. It extends its capacity on the principality of Tmoutarakan and subjects Viatitches, the Slavic last tributary of Khazars.

Beginning of the reign of Basile II Bulgaroctone, Byzantine Emperor associated (end in 1025).
Beginning of the reign of Constantin VIII, Byzantine Emperor associated (end in 1028).
Beginning of the reign of Nicéphore II Phokas, Byzantine Emperor associated (end in 969). It seizes the throne then wife Theophano, widow of Romain II. He skilfully opposes the Bulgares to the Russians. He holds Othon Large the in failure in Italy of the south.

Foundation of the Large Laure with the Mount Athos by the Byzantine monk Athanase, which provides the foundations of the monastic République of the Mount Athos.

April 3rd: Guillaume III of Poitiers, known as Head Of Packing , duke of Aquitaine and count de Poitiers of 935 with 963.

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