963

963 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	963; CMLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1716
Armenian calendar	412; ԹՎ ՆԺԲ
Assyrian calendar	5713
Balinese saka calendar	884–885
Bengali calendar	370
Berber calendar	1913
Buddhist calendar	1507
Burmese calendar	325
Byzantine calendar	6471–6472
Chinese calendar	Nhâm tuấtNăm (WaterDog); 3660 or 3453; — to —; Quý hợi năm (WaterPig); 3661 or 3454
Coptic calendar	679–680
Discordian calendar	2129
Ethiopian calendar	955–956
Hebrew calendar	4723–4724
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1019–1020
-Shaka Samvat	884–885
-Kali Yuga	4063–4064
Holocene calendar	10963
Iranian calendar	341–342
Islamic calendar	351–352
Japanese calendar	Ōwa3; ( ứng cùng ３ năm )
Javanese calendar	863–864
Julian calendar	963; CMLXIII
Korean calendar	3296
Minguo calendar	949 beforeROC; Dân trước 949 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−505
Seleucid era	1274/1275AG
Thai solar calendar	1505–1506
Tibetan calendar	Dương thủy cẩu năm; (male Water-Dog); 1089 or 708 or −64; — to —; Âm thủy heo năm; (female Water-Pig); 1090 or 709 or −63

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

Year963(CMLXIII) was acommon year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

March 15– EmperorRomanos IIdies at age 25, probably of poison administered by his wife, EmpressTheophano.He is succeeded by his infant sonBasil II.Theophano becomesregentandde factoruler, naming her other sonConstantine VIII(only 3 years old) as co-emperor of theByzantine Empire.^[1]
July 2–Nikephoros II Phokasis proclaimed emperor by his troops inCaesarea.He sends a fleet to secure theBosphorus Straitagainst his enemies. Chief ministerJoseph Bringasgathers support and closes the gates ofConstantinople.GeneralMarianos Argyrosis killed in a riot, forcing Bringas to flee.
August 16– Nikephoros II makes a triumphal entry in Constantinople and is hailed as 'the conqueror'. He is crowned emperor inHagia Sophia.
September 20– Nikephoros II marries the former Byzantine consortTheophano,the widow of Emperor Romanos II, bolstering his legitimacy.^[2]

Gero I,margrave ofMerseburg,campaigns against theSlavs.He forces PrinceMieszko Iof thePolansinPolandto pay tribute to EmperorOtto I(the Great). He expands his territory, theMarca Geronis(March of Gero), to the mouth of theOder River.^[3]
Sviatoslav I,Grand Prince ofKiev,begins a 2-year campaign in which he will defeatKhazarforces along theDon River– vanquish theOssetesand theCircassiansin the northernCaucasus.He also successfully attacks theBulgarson theVolga River.
November– Otto arrives atRome;PopeJohn XIIandAdalbert II(co-ruler ofItaly) flee toCampania,taking with them most of the Papal treasury. Otto is warmly received by the Roman citizens as 'liberator'.
December– KingBerengar II(the father of Adalbert II) surrenders at the fortress ofMontefeltroto German forces. He and his wifeWillaare taken prisoner, and dispatched toBamberg.
Luxembourghas her beginnings atLuxembourg Castle(located on theBock), founded bySigfried,count of theArdennes.

The Chinese government of theSong Dynastyattempts to ban the practice ofcremation;despite this decree, the lower and middle classes continue to cremate their dead, until the government resolves the problem in the12th century,by establishing publicgraveyardsforpaupers.
TheNanping State,one of theTen Kingdomsin south-centralChina,is forced to surrender, when invaded by armies of the Song Dynasty.

November 6–Synod of Rome:Otto I calls a council atSt. Peter's Basilica.John XII is deposed on charges that he has conducted himself dishonorably and instigated an armedrebellionagainst Otto.
December 6– PopeLeo VIIIis appointed to the office ofProtonotaryand begins his papacy asantipopeof Rome – a reign with the concurrently deposed John XII.
TheMonastery of Great LavraatMount Athos(northeasternGreece) is founded by the Byzantine monkAthanasius the Athonite.

^Timothy Reuter (1999).The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III,p. 592.ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
^Ostrogorsky, George (1969).History of The Byzantine State.New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. p.284.ISBN 0-8135-0599-2.
^Timothy Reuter (1999).The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III,p. 248.ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.