973
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This article is about the year 973. For the number, see 973 (number). For other uses, see 973 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 940s 950s 960s – 970s – 980s 990s 1000s |
| Years: | 970 971 972 – 973 – 974 975 976 |
| 973 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 973 CMLXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1726 |
| Armenian calendar | 422 ԹՎ ՆԻԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5723 |
| Bahá'í calendar | −871 – −870 |
| Bengali calendar | 380 |
| Berber calendar | 1923 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1517 |
| Burmese calendar | 335 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6481–6482 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3669 or 3609 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3670 or 3610 |
| Coptic calendar | 689–690 |
| Discordian calendar | 2139 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 965–966 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4733–4734 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1029–1030 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 895–896 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4074–4075 |
| Holocene calendar | 10973 |
| Igbo calendar | −27 – −26 |
| Iranian calendar | 351–352 |
| Islamic calendar | 362–363 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenroku 4 / Ten'en 1 (天延元年) |
| Juche calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 973 CMLXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3306 |
| Minguo calendar | 939 before ROC 民前939年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1516 |
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Year 973 (CMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
Europe
- Edgar of England is crowned king by Saint Dunstan.
- Lothian is ceded to Scotland by England in return for fealty from the King of Scotland, Kenneth II.
- Otto II becomes Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany.
By topic
Religion
- January 19 – Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as the 134th pope.
Births
- September 15 – Al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)
- December 26 – Abu al-Ala al-Ma'ar;ri, poet
Deaths
- May 7 – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)
- July 4 – Saint Ulrich of Augsburg (b. 890)
References
- ↑ Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.
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