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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Gregorian calendar | 966 CMLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1719 |
| Armenian calendar | 415 ԹՎ ՆԺԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5716 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 887–888 |
| Bengali calendar | 373 |
| Berber calendar | 1916 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1510 |
| Burmese calendar | 328 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6474–6475 |
| Chinese calendar | Ất xấuNăm (WoodOx) 3663 or 3456 — to — Bính Dần năm (FireTiger) 3664 or 3457 |
| Coptic calendar | 682–683 |
| Discordian calendar | 2132 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 958–959 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4726–4727 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 1022–1023 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 887–888 |
| -Kali Yuga | 4066–4067 |
| Holocene calendar | 10966 |
| Iranian calendar | 344–345 |
| Islamic calendar | 355–356 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōhō3 ( khang bảo ３ năm ) |
| Javanese calendar | 866–867 |
| Julian calendar | 966 CMLXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3299 |
| Minguo calendar | 946 beforeROC Dân trước 946 năm |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −502 |
| Seleucid era | 1277/1278AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1508–1509 |
| Tibetan calendar | Âm mộc ngưu năm (female Wood-Ox) 1092 or 711 or −61 — to — Dương hỏa hổ năm (male Fire-Tiger) 1093 or 712 or −60 |
Year966(CMLXVI) was acommon year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- 23 June-Byzantine-Arab War:A prisoner exchangeoccurs at the border between theByzantine Empireand theEmirate of AleppoatSamosata,headed by EmperorNikephoros IIandSayf al-Dawla,the Emir of Aleppo. The Emirate receives 3,000 captured prisoners from the region ofCilicia,after its conquest by the Byzantine Emperor, as well as the poetAbu Firas,who had been previously held prisoner by the Byzantines.
Europe
[edit]- Spring – KingLothair IIImarries PrincessEmma of Italy(the only daughter ofAdelaide of Burgundy—second wife of EmperorOtto I(the Great), from her first marriage with KingLothair II,member of theBosonid dynasty). Lothair strengthens his ties with theHoly Roman Empire.He temporarily remains in control of the cities ofArrasandDouai.[1]The latter becomes a flourishingtextilemarket centre during theMiddle Ages.
- April 14–Mieszko I,first duke and prince ofPoland,isbaptizedaChristian,which is usually considered thefoundation of the Polish state.Mieszko's baptism, under the influence of his wifeDobrawa,brings his territories into the community of Christian countries. The lands ruled by Mieszko cover about 250,000 km², and are inhabited by about 1,2 million people around this time.[2]
- May–Pietro IV Candiano,doge ofVenice,remarries toWaldrada of Tuscany,a daughter ofHubert, Duke of Spoleto,and a relative of Otto I. Waldrada brings him a largedowry,including the possessions ofFerrara,FriuliandTreviso(NorthernItaly).
- Fall – Otto I departs for a third expedition in Italy and fights inLombardyagainst the partisans underAdalbert II of Ivrea.In November an imperial counter-coup inRometakes control ofCastel Sant'Angelo.
- Winter – Otto I enters Rome and has the twelve principal militia leaders (theDecarcones) hanged. Other plotters of the coup are either executed or blinded. Otto is declared 'liberator of the Church'.
- TheHungariansinvade theBulgarian Empireand forcePeter I,emperor (tsar) of the Bulgarians, to conclude apeace treatywith them. He lets them cross to attack theByzantine Empire.[3]
Asia
[edit]- February 9–Ono no Michikaze(Ono no Tōfū), Japanesecalligrapher,dies after having established the foundations of the 'Waystyle' of calligraphy while serving the imperial court atHeian-kyō(modern-dayKyoto).
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- John VII,patriarch ofJerusalem,isburned at the stakeby a Muslim mob after writing to EmperorNikephoros II,pleading him to intervene inPalestineand retake it from theFatimid Caliphate.[4]
- Re-foundation ofPeterborough(also calledMedeshamstede) Abbey as aBenedictinemonastery by BishopÆthelwold of Winchester(approximate date).
Births
[edit]- Æthelred II(the Unready), king ofEngland(approximate date)
- Ali al-Sulayhi,sultan ofYemen,TihamahandMecca(d.1066)
- Ding Wei,grand chancellor of theSong dynasty(d.1037)
- Fujiwara no Kintō,Japanesepoetand bureaucrat (d.1041)
- Fujiwara no Michinaga,Japanesenobleman(d.1028)
- Gerberga of Burgundy,duchess ofSwabia(or965)
- Heonjeong,queen ofGoryeo(Korea) (d.992)
- Hisham II,caliph ofCórdoba(Spain) (d.1013)
- Kenneth III,king ofScotland(approximate date)
- Louis V,king of theWest Frankish Kingdom(d.987)
- Lu Zongdao,Chinese official (approximate date)
- Sei Shōnagon,Japanese poet andcourt lady(approximate date)
Deaths
[edit]- January 19–Fujiwara no Asatada,Japanese nobleman (b.910)
- February 9–Ono no Michikaze,Japanesecalligrapher(b.894)
- March 28–Flodoard,Frankishcanonandchronicler
- August 4–Berengar II,margrave and king ofItaly
- December 19–Sancho I,king ofLeón(Spain)
- Abu Ishaq Ibrahim,Samanid governor
- Abu'l-Hasan Ali,Ikhshidid governor
- Bagrat II,prince ofTao-Klarjeti(Georgia)
- Bertha of Swabia,Frankish queen consort
- Cormac ua Cillín,abbot ofTuamgraney(Ireland)
- John VII,patriarch ofJerusalem(Israel)
- Viśa' Saṃbhava,king ofKhotan(China)
- Nako,Obotrite prince (approximate date)
- Rashiq al-Nasimi,Hamdanid governor
- Sergius I,duke ofAmalfi(Italy)
References
[edit]- ^Jim Bradbury (2007).The Capetians: Kings of France, 987–1328,p. 42 (London: Hambledon Continuum).
- ^Richard Brzezinski (1998). History of Poland:Old Poland, King Mieszko I,p. 15.ISBN83-7212-019-6.
- ^Bóna, Istvá (2000).The Hungarians and Europe in the 9th-10th centuries.Budapest: Historia - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, p. 34.ISBN963-8312-67-X.
- ^Steven Runciman (1987).A History of the Crusades, Vol. 1. The First Crusade,p. 30 (Cambridge University Press).