Major Events Feb 2 Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor Sack of Aleppo Dec 23 Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under future Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist Who Died in 962 AD Jan 1 Baudouin III of Flanders, dies of smallpox Articles About 962 Sack of Aleppo Capture of Aleppo by the Byzantines under Nikephoros II PhokasDecember 23 961 AD History by Year 963 AD Medieval Popes Gregory I Gregory XIII Julius II Julius III Leo X Pius V