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| c. 950 |
| | | The Byzantine empire enjoys a revival, bringing the Slavs within the Greek Orthodox fold and winning victories against the Muslims | |
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| 960 |
| | | A warlord, Zhao Kuangyin, establishes a new Chinese dynasty - the Song | |
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| c. 960 |
| | | Harald Bluetooth is baptized a Christian and unites the whole of Denmark as a single kingdom. | |
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| 965 |
| | | Mieszko, pagan chieftain of the Poles, marries a Christian Czech princess and brings all his people into the Roman Catholic fold | |
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| 975 |
| | | The Hungarian king Gezá and his family are baptized as Roman Catholics, beginning a long link between Hungary and Rome | |
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| 976 |
| | | Brian Boru becomes king of Munster and leader of the Irish campaign against the Vikings | |
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| 976 |
| | | Leopold, of the Babenberg family, becomes margrave of Austria and founds a dynasty which lasts for three centuries | |
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| 987 |
| | | Hugh Capet, a Frankish noble elected king of west Francia, establishes the royal dynasty of France. | |
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| 987 |
| | | Hugh Capet is the first in an unbroken line of twelve generations on the throne of France | |
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| c. 987 |
| | | Vladimir, the prince of Kiev, decides that Greek Orthodoxy is the most suitable religion for the Russian people | |
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