961
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| Years: 957 958 959 960 - 961 - 962 963 964 965 |
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| Decades: 930s 940s 950s - 960s - 970s 980s 990s |
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| Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
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| 961 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 961 CMLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1714 |
| Armenian calendar | 410 ԹՎ ՆԺ |
| Chinese calendar | 3597/3657-12-12 (庚申年十二月十二日) — to —
3598/3658-11-21(辛酉年十一月廿一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 953 – 954 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4721 – 4722 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1016 – 1017 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 883 – 884 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4062 – 4063 |
| Iranian calendar | 339 – 340 |
| Islamic calendar | 350 – 351 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1621 (皇紀1621年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10961 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1504 |
[edit] Events
- Byzantine Empire recaptures Crete from Muslim control
- Ani in present day Turkey became the capital of Armenia by the Bagratid dynasty
- Haakon I of Norway squashed the rebelling forces of Eric Bloodaxe's sons but was killed in the Battle of Fitje.
- Harald II of Norway becomes ruler of Western part of Norway
[edit] Births
- Edith of Wilton
- Sigmundur Brestisson, chieftain in the Faroe Islands.
[edit] Deaths
- King Haakon I of Norway
- Abd-ar-rahman III, Caliph of Cordoba
