971
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| Years: 967 968 969 970 - 971 - 972 973 974 975 |
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| Decades: 940s 950s 960s - 970s - 980s 990s 1000s |
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| Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
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| 971 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 971 CMLXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1724 |
| Armenian calendar | 420 ԹՎ ՆԻ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -873 – -872 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1515 |
| Chinese calendar | 3607/3667-12-2 (庚午年十二月初二日) — to —
3608/3668-12-11(辛未年十二月十一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 963 – 964 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4731 – 4732 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1026 – 1027 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 893 – 894 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4072 – 4073 |
| Holocene calendar | 10971 |
| Iranian calendar | 349 – 350 |
| Islamic calendar | 360 – 361 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1631 (皇紀1631年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 10971 |
| Julian calendar | 1016 |
| Korean calendar | 3304 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1514 |
[edit] Events
- Kenneth II of Scotland succeeds Culen as King, though he wasn't sole king until 977.
- Southern Han forced to submit to the Song Dynasty in China
- Saint Swithun's body is moved into an indoor shrine, he was previously buried outside. The ceremony is said to of been marred by forty days of torrential rain.
- Basileus John I Tzimiskes defeats Sviatoslav I of Kiev in the Fifth Rus'-Byzantine War. SeeBattle of Dorostolon.
