978
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For the area code, see Area code 978.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 940s 950s 960s – 970s – 980s 990s 1000s |
| Years: | 975 976 977 – 978 – 979 980 981 |
| 978 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 978 CMLXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1731 |
| Armenian calendar | 427 ԹՎ ՆԻԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -866 – -865 |
| Berber calendar | 1928 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1522 |
| Burmese calendar | 340 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6486 – 6487 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁丑年十一月二十日 (3614/3674-11-20) — to —
戊寅年十一月廿九日(3615/3675-11-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 694 – 695 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 970 – 971 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4738 – 4739 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1033 – 1034 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 900 – 901 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4079 – 4080 |
| Holocene calendar | 10978 |
| Iranian calendar | 356 – 357 |
| Islamic calendar | 367 – 368 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3311 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1521 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- Badìa Fiorentina, an abbey in Florence, Italy, is founded by Willa, Margravine of Tuscany.
- Ethelred II becomes king of England at age 10, following the assassination of his half-brother King Edward the Martyr.
- The revolt of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria against Otto II ends.
[edit] Asia
- The Wu-Yue State is forced to surrender to the Chinese Song Dynasty.
- One of the Four Great Books of Song, the Tàipíng guǎngjì is a Chinese encyclopedia documenting various stories of Chinese myths and subjects of theology. Divided into 500 volumes, it consists of over 3 million written Chinese characters.
[edit] Births
- Princess Zoe of Byzantium, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire
- Yaroslav I the Wise, prince of Novgorod and Kiev
[edit] Deaths
- March 18—King Edward the Martyr of England, (by supporters of his half-brother)
- Abraham of Alexandria, Coptic pope
- Li Houzhu, last Chinese emperor of the Southern Tang (b. 936)
