Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period ends
960 · Event
Zhao Kuangyin founds the Song dynasty in 960, ending the Five Dynasties; the Song complete the reunification of China proper by 979.
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- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Yuan dynasty (1271)
- Xinhai Revolution (1911)
Around 960
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- East–West Schism (1054)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Bi Sheng invents movable type (1040)
- William the Conqueror (1028)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)
- Æthelstan, first King of the English (894)