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Year 963 (CMLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Events

= By place =

== Byzantine Empire ==

  • March 15 – Emperor Romanos II dies at age 39, probably of poison administered by his wife, Empress Theophano. He is succeeded by his infant son Basil II. Theophano becomes regent and de facto ruler, naming her other son Constantine VIII (only 3 years old) as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.Timothy Reuter (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 592. {{ISBN|978-0-521-36447-8}}.
  • July 2Nikephoros II Phokas is proclaimed emperor by his troops in Caesarea. He sends a fleet to secure the Bosphorus Strait against his enemies. Chief minister Joseph Bringas gathers support and closes the gates of Constantinople. General Marianos Argyros is killed in a riot, forcing Bringas to flee.
  • August 16 – Nikephoros II makes a triumphal entry in Constantinople and is hailed as 'the conqueror'. He is crowned emperor in Hagia Sophia.
  • September 20 – Nikephoros II marries the former Byzantine consort Theophano, the widow of Emperor Romanos II, bolstering his legitimacy.{{Cite book|title = History of The Byzantine State|last = Ostrogorsky|first = George|publisher = Rutgers University Press|year = 1969|isbn = 0-8135-0599-2|location = New Brunswick|page = [https://archive.org/details/historyofbyzanti00ostr/page/284 284]|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/historyofbyzanti00ostr/page/284}}

== Europe ==

== Asia ==

  • The Chinese government of the Song Dynasty attempted to ban the practice of cremation; despite this decree, the lower and middle classes continued to cremate their dead until the government resolved the problem in the 12th century, establishing public graveyards for paupers.
  • The Nanping State, one of the Ten Kingdoms in south-central China, is forced to surrender, when invaded by armies of the Song Dynasty.

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== Religion ==

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