970
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 940s 950s 960s – 970s – 980s 990s 1000s |
| Years: | 967 968 969 – 970 – 971 972 973 |
| 970 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 970 CMLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1723 |
| Armenian calendar | 419 ԹՎ ՆԺԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -874 – -873 |
| Berber calendar | 1920 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1514 |
| Burmese calendar | 332 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6478 – 6479 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年十一月廿一日 (3606/3666-11-21) — to —
庚午年十二月初一日(3607/3667-12-1) |
| Coptic calendar | 686 – 687 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 962 – 963 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4730 – 4731 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1025 – 1026 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 892 – 893 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4071 – 4072 |
| Holocene calendar | 10970 |
| Iranian calendar | 348 – 349 |
| Islamic calendar | 359 – 360 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3303 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1513 |
970 was a year in the 10th century.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Asia
[edit] Europe
- A devastating decade-long famine begins in France.
- Oldest preserved document (by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor) mentioning Leibnitz in Styria (Austria)
- Byzantine Emperor John I successfully defends the Eastern Roman Empire from a massive barbarian invasion.
[edit] Africa
- Construction is completed on Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo (the world's oldest Islamic university).
[edit] Births
- Leif Ericson, Norse explorer
- Seyyed Razi, important Muslim scholar and writer
- Sitt al-Mulk
- Xu Daoning, Chinese artist (d. c. 1052) (approximate date).
