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| Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
| Decades: | 940s 950s 960s - 970s - 980s 990s 1000s
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| Years: | 969 970 971 - 972 - 973 974 975 |
| 972 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 972 CMLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1725 |
| Armenian calendar | 421 ԹՎ ՆԻԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -872 – -871 |
| Berber calendar | 1922 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1516 |
| Burmese calendar | 334 |
| Chinese calendar | 3608/3668-12-12 (辛未年十二月十二日) — to — 3609/3669-11-23(壬申年十一月廿三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 688 – 689 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 964 – 965 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4732 – 4733 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1027 – 1028 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 894 – 895 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4073 – 4074 |
| Holocene calendar | 10972 |
| Iranian calendar | 350 – 351 |
| Islamic calendar | 361 – 362 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1632 (皇紀1632年) |
| Julian calendar | 1017 |
| Korean calendar | 3305 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1515 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By Place
[edit] Europe
- Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess.
- Battle of Cedynia: Polish duke Mieszko I defeats the Germans.
- Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I in Bohemia.
- The monastery at the site of Peterborough Cathedral is rebuilt.
- Emperor John Tzimisces makes eastern Bulgaria a Byzantine dependency.
- A battle between Estonian and Icelandic Vikings in Saaremaa is described in Njál's saga.
[edit] Asia
- Yaropolk of Kiev succeeds Sviatoslav I in Kiev.
- The Song Dynasty Chinese government attempts to ban the practice of cremation; despite this decree, the lower and middle classes continue to cremate their dead, until the government resolves the problem in the 12th century by establishing public graveyards for paupers.
[edit] Africa
- The Fatimids enter Egypt, where they establish the city of Cairo and the Al-Azhar mosque.
- Buluggin ibn Ziri is appointed viceroy in Ifriqiya, starting the Zirid Dynasty.
[edit] By Topic
[edit] Religion
- Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as pope.
- Saint Eadburga is canonized.
[edit] Births
- March 27 — King Robert II of France (d. 1031)
- Al-Mawardi
- Ermesinde of Carcassonne, countess and regent of Barcelona (d. 1057)
- Fujiwara no Yukinari
- Fulk III of Anjou
- Pope Gregory V
- Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Renauld I, Count of Nevers
[edit] Deaths
- July 15 — Boleslav I of Bohemia
- September 6 — Pope John XIII
- Liutprand, bishop of Cremona and historian
- Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kievaf:972
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