What is 963?
{{Year nav|963}} {{Year in various calendars|963}} {{Year article header|963}} == Events == * [[Sebük Tigin]] starts his empire in modern-day [[Afghanistan]] * The Nanping State has to surrender when invaded by [[Song Dynasty]] armies * The [[Song Dynasty]] Chinese government tries to ban the practice of [[cremation]] * [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Otto I the Great|Otto I]] defeats [[Mieszko I of Poland]] * [[Luxembourg]] is founded * [[December 6]] – [[Pope Leo VIII]] becomes the 131st [[pope]] == Births == * [[Li Jiqian]], [[Tangut people|Tangut]] [[jiedushi]] who ruled the new [[Western Xia Dynasty]] in northwestern [[China]] (d. [[1004]]) == Deaths == * [[March 15]] – [[Romanos II]], [[Byzantine Emperor]] (b. [[939]]) * [[April 3]] – [[William III of Aquitaine|William III, Duke of Aquitaine]] * [[April 18]] – [[Stephen Lekapenos]], co-emperor of Byzantium in 924–945 [[Category:960s]]