969

For Buddhist movement, see 969 Movement.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	930s 940s 950s – 960s – 970s 980s 990s
Years:	966 967 968 – 969 – 970 971 972

969 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

969 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	969 CMLXIX
Ab urbe condita	1722
Armenian calendar	418 ԹՎ ՆԺԸ
Assyrian calendar	5719
Bengali calendar	376
Berber calendar	1919
Buddhist calendar	1513
Burmese calendar	331
Byzantine calendar	6477–6478
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3665 or 3605 — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3666 or 3606
Coptic calendar	685–686
Discordian calendar	2135
Ethiopian calendar	961–962
Hebrew calendar	4729–4730
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1025–1026
- Shaka Samvat	891–892
- Kali Yuga	4070–4071
Holocene calendar	10969
Iranian calendar	347–348
Islamic calendar	358–359
Japanese calendar	Anna 2 (安和２年)
Julian calendar	969 CMLXIX
Korean calendar	3302
Minguo calendar	943 before ROC 民前943年
Seleucid era	1280/1281 AG
Thai solar calendar	1511–1512

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Year 969 (CMLXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

December 11 – John I Tzimiskes becomes Byzantine Emperor after assassinating Nikephoros II Phokas.

Peter I abdicates and retires to a monastery and is succeeded by Boris II as Tsar of Bulgaria.
Conquest of Bulgaria by Sviatoslav I of Kiev.

June: Fustat surrenders to the Fatimids, ending the Ikhshidid dynasty and signalling the takeover of Egypt by the Fatimids.

Emperor En'yū succeeds Emperor Reizei on the throne of Japan.
Jing Zong succeeds Mu Zong in the Khitan Empire.
October 28 – Byzantine general Michael Bourtzes seizes part of Antioch's fortifications. The capture of the city from the Arabs is completed three days later, when reinforcements under the stratopedarches Peter arrive.
Uththama Chola becomes the Chola Emperor after the mysterious death of Aditya Karikalan (also known as Aditya Chola II). He rules for 16 years. Arulmolivarman becomes the heir apparent, and later the great Rajaraja Chola I.