History
963
General
Population: 244 Million*
- Astronomy: "Book of Fixed Stars" by Al Sufi first mentions a nebula (rediscovered 1612)
- Religion: Pope Leo VIII appointed 4 Dec (2 popes)
- Deaths: Romanus II the Byzantine Emperor
Europe
- England: First recorded existence of a London bridge
- German States: Waltheof King of Bamburgh
- Greece: First monastery at Mt. Athos
- Ireland: Famine in Ireland forces parents to sell their children
- Poland: Mieszko I founds kingdom of Poland, succeeded by Boleslav I who expands territory
Middle East
- End of Romanus II as Byzantine Emperor, Nicephorus II Phocas becomes Byzantine Emperor – marries Theophano his predecessor's widow
Nicephorus II goes on to defeat Arabs and Bulgarians