The 960s was a decade that started on 1 January 960 and ended on 31 December 969. It is distinct from the decade known as the 97th decade which began on January 1, 961. and ended on December 31, 970.
- Mieszko I becomes ruler in Poland
- Richard I of Normandy marries Emma of Paris
- The Aksumite Empire is destroyed
Births
- Edith of Wilton
- Sigmundur Brestisson, chieftain in the Faroe Islands
Deaths
- King Haakon I of Norway
- Abd-ar-rahman III, Caliph of Córdoba
- Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang
Deaths
- Dong Yuan
- Indulf, King of the Scots and Picts
Births
- Li Jiqian, Tangut jiedushi who ruled the new Western Xia Dynasty in northwestern China (d. 1004)
Births
- Fujiwara no Michinaga, Japanese regent
- Conchobar mac Tadg becomes King of Connacht
- Otto II is crowned co-emperor by Pope John XIII
- Olaf Tryggvason runs away from Norway with his mother
- Emperor Reizei ascends to the throne of Japan
- The Cambodian temple of Banteay Srei is consecrated
- 'Izz al-Daula becomes the Buyid emir of Iraq
- Bisutun ascends to the Ziyarid throne
Births
- Sigrid Storrada, queen of Sweden and Denmark
- Bolesław I, king of Poland
- Louis V, king of France
- Badi' al-Zamān al-Hamadhāni, Arab author
- Walter von Speyer, German poet and bishop
- Abusaeid Abolkheir, Persian Sufi
- Khottiga Amoghavarsha, Rashtrakuta warrior
- Vahram Pahlavouni, prince of Bjni and Nik
- Bertha, princess of Burgundy
Deaths
- February 9 – Sayf al-Dawla, Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo
- Abu al-Faraj Ali, scholar
- Abu 'Ali Muhammad, Ilyasid ruler
- Bolesław I, prince of Bohemia
- Hugh II, lord of Lusignan
- Krishna III, Rashtrakuta ruler
- Mu'izz al-Daula, first Buyid emir
- Murakami, emperor of Japan
- Vushmgir, ruler of the Ziyarids
- Wichmann the Younger, Saxon count
- Matilda of Ringelheim, Holy Roman Empress
- Dub mac Maíl Coluim, king of Alba
- Li Cheng, Chinese painter
- The Pechenegs begin the Siege of Kiev
- The Archbishopric of Magdeburg is founded
Deaths
- August 25 – Edgiva of Kent, queen of Edward the Elder of England
- Abu al-Misk Kafur
- Aldred of Lindisfarne
- John III of Naples
- Landulf III of Benevento
- William, Archbishop of Mainz
- Matilda of Ringelheim
- December 11 – John I Tzimiskes becomes Byzantine Emperor after killing Nikephoros II Phokas
- The Fatimids conquer Egypt
- Emperor En'yū replaces Emperor Reizei on the throne of Japan
- Jing Zong begins to rule the Khitan Empire
- Uththama Chola becomes the Chola Emperor
Deaths
- July 11 – Olga of Kiev
- Harald II of Norway
- December 11 – Nikephoros II Phokas
- Emperor Muzong of Liao