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Calendar year
Year
968
(
CMLXVIII
) was a
leap year starting on Wednesday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
.
Events
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By place
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Byzantine Empire
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- Emperor
Nikephoros II
receives a Bulgarian embassy led by Prince
Boris
(the son of Tsar
Peter I of Bulgaria
), with a plea for help against the invading
Kievan Rus'
. Nikephoros, occupied in the East, is unable to support him. Instead he sends envoys to summon the
Pechenegs
to aid Boris. They
besiege Kiev
, but Grand Prince
Sviatoslav I
(on campaign in Bulgaria) returns with a Kievan relief force, and defeats the Pechenegs. He drives them out into the
Steppe
, and sets up
viceroys
to rule his Rus' territory.
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Europe
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- Spring – Emperor
Otto I
(
the Great
) travels to
Capua
to meet there with
ambassadors
of Nikephoros II, who again reiterate their friendship, but refuse to consent to his
dowry
demands (see
967
). Otto invades the Byzantine
Theme of Langobardia
with a
Lombard
expeditionary force. With the assistance of
Benevento
-
Capua
and naval support from
Pisa
, Otto attempts to take
Bari
by assault, but Byzantine resistance is stiff, and Otto withdraws back to
Ravenna
.
- Battle of Silistra
: A Kievan army (60,000 men) led by Sviatoslav I crosses the
Lower Danube
and defeats the Bulgarians at
Silistra
. He occupies most of the
Dobruja
by seizing 80 fortresses in northeastern Bulgaria. They are looted and destroyed but not permanently occupied. During the winter, Sviatoslav transfers the capital from Kiev to
Pereyaslavets
.
- Pandulf I
(
Ironhead
), a Lombard prince, takes over the territory of Benevento and Capua after the death of his brother
Landulf III
. He appoints his son
Landulf IV
as co-prince of Benevento, and disinherits
Pandulf II
(a son of Landulf III) as lord of
Sant'Agata
(located northeast of
Naples
).
Ireland
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By topic
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Religion
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Births
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Deaths
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- March 2
–
William
, archbishop of
Mainz
(b.
929
)
- March 14
–
Matilda of Ringelheim
, Frankish queen
- March 19
–
Emma of Paris
, duchess of
Normandy
(b.
943
)
- April 2
–
Yuan Dezhao
, Chinese
chancellor
(b.
891
)
- April 4
–
Abu Firas al-Hamdani
, Arab prince and
poet
(b.
932
)
- Abu al-Misk Kafur
, Ikhshidid
vizier
of
Egypt
(b.
905
)
- Aldred
, bishop of
Lindisfarne
(approximate date)
- Al-Muttaqi
, Abbasid caliph (b.
908
)
- Ananias I
, catholicos of the
Armenian Apostolic Church
- Bardas Phokas
(
the Elder
), Byzantine general
- Eadgifu
, wife of
Edward the Elder
(approximate date)
- John III
, duke of
Naples
(approximate date)
- Landulf III
, prince of
Benevento
(or
969
)
- Liu Jun
, emperor of
Northern Han
(b.
926
)
- Mord Fiddle
, Icelandic farmer and
law
expert
- Mumadona Dias
, countess of
Portugal
- Rajendravarman II
, ruler of the
Khmer Empire
- Robert of Vermandois
, Frankish
nobleman
(or
967
)
- Sun Guangxian
, Chinese chief strategist
- Sunifred II
, Frankish nobleman (b.
915
)
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