Song dynasty begins
960 · Event
Conventional start of Song dynasty.
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Around 960
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- East–West Schism (1054)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- The Tale of Genji written (1008)
- Song invention of gunpowder (950)
- Bi Sheng invents movable type (1040)