961 Year 961 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar .Events By place Byzantine Empire March 6 - Siege of Chandax: Byzantine forces under Nikephoros Phokas capture and pillage Chandax after an 8-month siege . Nikephoros massacres the population without mercy and carries them off into slavery . He returns to Constantinople with Emir Abd al-Aziz ibn Shu'ayb and his family as prisoners. The island of Crete is converted into a Byzantine theme and the remaining Muslims are converted to Christianity .Europe May 26 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor elects his 6-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler at the Imperial Diet in Worms . He is crowned at Aachen , and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda and his half-brother William of Mainz . Otto's own brother Bruno I is charged with the provisional government of Lorraine again. Summer - Otto I leads an expeditionary force into northern Italy through the Brenner Pass at Trento , to assist the beleaguered young Pope John XII . He proceeds towards Pavia – King Berengar II sends his son and co-ruler Adalbert II from Rome at the head of a large army to seize control of the Upper Adige and contest Otto's entry. October 15 - Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III dies after a 32-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Al-Hakam II as ruler of the Caliphate of Córdoba in Al-Andalus . Battle of Fitjar - A Viking force under the sons of Eric Bloodaxe lands on Hordaland . King Haakon the Good defeats the rebelling force, but is killed. Harald Greycloak becomes ruler of the western part of Norway . The Lombard army under Adalbert II refuses to fight Otto I unless Berengar II abdicates in favor of Adalbert. Berengar refuses, and the armies retreat to their strongholds. Berengar and his family take whatever loyal soldiers remain and disperse themselves – Berengar retreats to the fortress at Montefeltro .Armenia King Ashot III of Armenia moves his capital from Kars eastward to Ani . Located on a major east-west caravan route , Ani will become larger than any European city, with a population of about 100,000 that will rival Baghdad , Cairo , and Constantinople. Ani also becomes the site of the royal mausoleum of the Bagratuni kings.By topic Art Births January 15 - Seongjong , ruler of Goryeo Al-Tha'alibi , Persian historian and writer Arnulf II, Count of Flanders , Frankish nobleman Edith of Wilton , English princess and nun Fujiwara no Michikane , Japanese nobleman Kou Zhun , Chinese Grand chancellor Mahendradatta , queen of Bali Pietro II Orseolo , Doge of Venice Ramiro III , king of León Sigmundur Brestisson , Viking chieftainDeaths July 17 - Du , empress dowager of the Song dynasty August 12 - Li Jing , emperor of Southern Tang September 19 - Helena Lekapene , Byzantine empress October 1 - Artald , archbishop of Reims October 15 - Abd al-Rahman III , caliph of Córdoba Abd al-Malik I , Samanid emir Abu'l-Qasim Unujur ibn al-Ikhshid , Ikhshidid ruler Adarnase V , prince of Tao-Klarjeti Atto of Vercelli , Lombard bishop Ava of Cerdanya , countess regent of Cerdanya and Besalú Butuga II , ruler of the Western Ganga Dynasty Fujiwara no Masatada , Japanese poet Haakon the Good, king of Norway Landulf II of Benevento , Lombard prince Li Tao , Chinese chancellor Minamoto no Tsunemoto , Japanese samurai Raymond II of Rouergue , Frankish nobleman William II, Marquess of Montferrat , Frankish nobleman
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