968
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- This article is about the year AD 968. For another use, see Porsche 968.
| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
| Decades: | 930s 940s 950s - 960s - 970s 980s 990s |
| Years: | 965 966 967 - 968 - 969 970 971 |
| 968 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 968 CMLXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1721 |
| Armenian calendar | 417 ԹՎ ՆԺԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -876 – -875 |
| Berber calendar | 1918 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1512 |
| Burmese calendar | 330 |
| Chinese calendar | 3604/3664-11-29 (丁卯年十一月廿九日) — to —
3605/3665-12-10(戊辰年十二月初十日) |
| Coptic calendar | 684 – 685 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 960 – 961 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4728 – 4729 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1023 – 1024 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 890 – 891 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4069 – 4070 |
| Holocene calendar | 10968 |
| Iranian calendar | 346 – 347 |
| Islamic calendar | 357 – 358 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3301 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1511 |
968 was a year in the 10th century.
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Asia
- The Pechenegs begin the Siege of Kiev.
[edit] Europe
- The Battle near Silistra occurs in the spring near the Bulgarian town of Silistra, but most probably on the modern territory of Romania.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Religion
- The Archbishopric of Magdeburg is founded.
- The first Polish bishopric is founded in Poznań. Jordan becomes the first bishop.
[edit] Births
- May 14 — Leofric, Earl of Mercia
- King Ethelred II of England
- Emperor Kazan, emperor of Japan
- Romanus III, Byzantine emperor (d. 1034)
- Emperor Zhenzong of Song
