970

970 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	970; CMLXX
Ab urbe condita	1723
Armenian calendar	419; ԹՎ ՆԺԹ
Assyrian calendar	5720
Balinese saka calendar	891–892
Bengali calendar	377
Berber calendar	1920
Buddhist calendar	1514
Burmese calendar	332
Byzantine calendar	6478–6479
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake); 3667 or 3460; — to —; 庚午年 (Metal Horse); 3668 or 3461
Coptic calendar	686–687
Discordian calendar	2136
Ethiopian calendar	962–963
Hebrew calendar	4730–4731
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1026–1027
- Shaka Samvat	891–892
- Kali Yuga	4070–4071
Holocene calendar	10970
Iranian calendar	348–349
Islamic calendar	359–360
Japanese calendar	Anna 3 / Tenroku 1; (天禄元年)
Javanese calendar	871–872
Julian calendar	970; CMLXX
Korean calendar	3303
Minguo calendar	942 before ROC; 民前942年
Nanakshahi calendar	−498
Seleucid era	1281/1282 AG
Thai solar calendar	1512–1513
Tibetan calendar	阴土蛇年; (female Earth-Snake); 1096 or 715 or −57; — to —; 阳金马年; (male Iron-Horse); 1097 or 716 or −56

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century ; 11th century;
Decades:	950s; 960s; 970s ; 980s; 990s;
Years:	967; 968; 969; 970 ; 971; 972; 973;

Year 970 (CMLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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.
Eric the Victorious becomes the first king of Sweden.
Skagul Toste demands the English to pay the very first danegeld.

Construction is completed on Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo (the world's oldest Islamic university).