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Year 967 (CMLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Africa

  • The Fatimid general Gawhar al-Siqilli launches a new victorious campaign, in the west of the Magrib.

    • Asia

  • Emperor Reizei ascends to the throne of Japan.
  • The Cambodian temple of Banteay Srei is consecrated.
  • Li Yixing becomes jiedushi of Dingnan.
  • Amber, India is founded as a settlement.

    • Middle East

  • 'Izz al-Daula becomes the Buyid emir of Iraq.
  • Bisutun ascends to the Ziyarid throne.

    • Europe

  • The Bishopric of Merseburg is formed in Saxony, with Boso of Merseburg as its first bishop.
  • Conchobar mac Tadg (Connor MacTeague) becomes King of Connacht.
  • Pandulf Ironhead becomes duke of Spoleto.
  • Otto II is crowned co-emperor by Pope John XIII.
  • Olaf Tryggvason flees Norway with his mother, only to be attacked by Estonian Vikings.
  • Dado becomes count of Pombia.
  • The Khazar capital of Atil falls to the Kievan Rus (approximate date).

    • Births

  • Sigrid Storrada (the Haughty), queen of Sweden and Denmark
  • Bolesław I, king of Poland
  • Gothelo I, duke of Lorraine
  • Louis V, king of France
  • Badi' al-Zamān al-Hamadhāni, Arab author
  • Walter von Speyer, German poet and bishop
  • Abusaeid Abolkheir, Persian Sufi
  • Khottiga Amoghavarsha, Rashtrakuta warrior
  • Vahram Pahlavouni, prince of Bjni and Nik
  • Bertha, princess of Burgundy

    • Deaths

  • February 9 – Sayf al-Dawla, Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo
  • Abu al-Faraj Ali, scholar
  • Abu 'Ali Muhammad, Ilyasid ruler
  • Aleramo di Savona, marquess of Montferrat
  • Ashot III, prince of Taron
  • Bolesław I, prince of Bohemia
  • Hugh II, lord of Lusignan
  • Krishna III, Rashtrakuta ruler
  • Mu'izz al-Daula, first Buyid emir
  • Murakami, emperor of Japan
  • Vushmgir, ruler of the Ziyarids
  • Wichmann the Younger, Saxon count
  • Matilda, Holy Roman Empress
  • Leon III, king of Abkhazia
  • Hubert, margrave of Tuscany
  • Dub mac Maíl Coluim, king of Alba
  • Li Cheng, Chinese painter
  • Lou Reed makes a reference to this year in the song "Heroin" with the lyric "I wish that I was born a thousand years ago." As this song was released in 1967, he is referring to this year.

    • References

    967 Wikipedia
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