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Year 962 (CMLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Europe

  • February 2 – Pope John XII crowns Otto I the Great as Holy Roman Emperor.
  • February 13 – Pope John XII and Otto co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum.
  • December 23 – A Byzantine army under Nikephoros Phokas captures Aleppo from the Arabs, and plunders it.
  • Indulf, King of the Scots and Picts, dies and is succeeded by Dub.

    • Births

  • Edward the Martyr
  • Rogneda of Polotsk

    • Deaths

  • Dong Yuan
  • Indulf, King of the Scots and Picts (in battle)
  • February – Ibn az-Zayyat, governor of Tarsus

    • References

    962 Wikipedia
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