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Year 968 (CMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

Asia

  • The Pechenegs begin the Siege of Kiev.

    • Europe

  • The Battle near Silistra occurs in the spring, near the Bulgarian town of Silistra, but most probably on the modern territory of Romania.

    • Religion

  • The Archbishopric of Magdeburg is founded.
  • The first Polish bishopric is founded in Poznań. Jordan becomes the first bishop.

    • Births

  • Æthelred the Unready, King of England (d. 1016)
  • Emperor Kazan of Japan
  • Leofric, Earl of Mercia
  • Romanus III, Byzantine emperor (d. 1034)
  • Emperor Zhenzong of Song
  • Princess Pan

    • Deaths

  • April 4 – Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Arab prince, general and poet (b. 932)
  • April – Abu al-Misk Kafur
  • Aldred of Lindisfarne
  • Edgiva of Kent, queen of Edward the Elder of England
  • John III of Naples
  • Landulf III of Benevento
  • William, Archbishop of Mainz
  • Matilda of Ringelheim, German queen
  • Mumadona Dias, sovereign countess of Portugal

    • References

    968 Wikipedia
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