962
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 930s 940s 950s – 960s – 970s 980s 990s |
| Years: | 959 960 961 – 962 – 963 964 965 |
| 962 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 962 CMLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1715 |
| Armenian calendar | 411 ԹՎ ՆԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5712 |
| Bengali calendar | 369 |
| Berber calendar | 1912 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1506 |
| Burmese calendar | 324 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6470–6471 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3658 or 3598 — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3659 or 3599 |
| Coptic calendar | 678–679 |
| Discordian calendar | 2128 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 954–955 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4722–4723 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1018–1019 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 884–885 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4063–4064 |
| Holocene calendar | 10962 |
| Iranian calendar | 340–341 |
| Islamic calendar | 350–351 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōwa 2 (応和２年) |
| Julian calendar | 962 CMLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3295 |
| Minguo calendar | 950 before ROC 民前950年 |
| Seleucid era | 1273/1274 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1504–1505 |
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Year 962 (CMLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- February 2 – Pope John XII crowns Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor.
- February 3 – Pope John XII and Otto co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum.
- December – A Byzantine army under Nikephoros Phokas captures and plunders Aleppo.
- Indulf, King of the Scots and Picts, dies and is succeeded by Dubh.
Births
Deaths
- Dong Yuan
- Indulf, King of the Scots and Picts (in battle)
- February – Ibn az-Zayyat, governor of Tarsus