Title: 970s Content: Below are some of the major things that happened in the years from 970 to 979. __NOTOC__ ==970== * A major volcano erupts in Mashu, Japan. * A terrible famine begins in France. * Eric the Victorious becomes the first king of Sweden. === Births === * Leif Ericson, Norse explorer * Seyyed Razi, important Muslim scholar and writer * Sitt al-Mulk * Xu Daoning, Chinese artist === Deaths === * 30 January - Peter I of Bulgaria * Magyar leader, Taksány * Ferdinand II of Castile * Fujiwara no Saneyori * García III of Pamplona * Hatto II, Archbishop of Mainz * Menahem ben Saruq * Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople * Taksony of Hungary ==971== * Kenneth II of Scotland succeeds Culen as King === Births === * Kushyar ibn Labban * Mahmud of Ghazni * Emperor Shengzong of Liao * Prince Shaif === Deaths === * Abu Jafar Khazeni * Culen of Scotland * Ziri ibn Manad ==972== * Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess * Battle of Cedynia – Polish duke Mieszko I defeats Germans * Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as pope * Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I of Bohemia in Bohemia * Yaropolk of Kiev succeeds Sviatoslav I in Kiev * Fatimids enter Egypt, establish the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo * Buluggin ibn Ziri appointed viceroy in Ifriqiya, start of the Zirid dynasty * The monastery at the site of Peterborough Cathedral is rebuilt * Saint Eadburga is canonized * Emperor John Tzoimisces makes eastern Bulgaria a Byzantine subject * The city of Satu Mare, Romania is founded === 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 === Deaths === * July 15 - Boleslav I of Bohemia * September 6 - Pope John XIII * Liutprand, bishop of Cremona and historian * Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev * Kuya, Japanese monk of Pure Land Buddhism (b. 903) ==973== * The Fatimids move their capital to Cairo * Edgar of England is crowned king by Saint Dunstan * Otto II becomes Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany * 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) ==974== * A great earthquake in England. * The Carmathians are defeated in Egypt by Jawhar as-Siqilli * The Byzantine Empire retakes Syria * Fuzhou builds new city walls * October - Pope Benedict VII succeeds Pope Benedict VI as the 135th pope * Antipope Boniface VII is declared pope === Deaths === * Pope Benedict VI * Ratherius of Verona * Shi Chonggui ==975== * Coronation of King Edward the Martyr * Emperor Taizu of Song China conquers Hunan province * Al-Aziz becomes Fatimid Caliph === Births === * Stephen I of Hungary (d.1038) * Thietmar of Merseburg * Andre Bertelli Araujo === Deaths === * Alp Tigin, Turkic general * July 8 - King Edgar of England * al-Muizz, Fatimid Caliph * Gwangjong of Goryeo * Turketel, abbot of Crowland * Gu Hongzhong ==976== * January 10 - Basil II becomes Eastern Roman Emperor * Brian Boru is inaugurated as King of Munster * Samuil of Bulgaria becomes Tsar * Yuelu Academy is founded in China === Births === * Emperor Sanjō of Japan === Deaths === * January 10 - John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine Emperor * October 8 - Jelena of Zadar, Queen of Croatia * November 14 - Emperor Taizu of Song * Harald Greyhide, King of Norway * Al- Hakam II, Caliph of Cordoba ==977== * Imam Ali Mosque is built at Najaf === Births === * Kōkei, Japanese Buddhist monk * Saint Poppo of Deinze === Deaths === * Hunain ibn Ishaq, Egyptian physician * Dubrawka, daughter of Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia ==978== * The revolt of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria against Otto II ends * England's royal mint is located at Guildford === Births === * Princess Zoe of Byzantium, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire * Yaroslav I the Wise, prince of Novgorod and Kiev === Deaths === * March 18 - King Edward the Martyr of England * Abraham of Alexandria, Coptic pope * Li Houzhu, last Chinese emperor of the Southern Tang ==979== * March 24 - The Battle of Pankalia === Births === * August 29 - Abu Taghlib, Emir of Mosul * Estrid of the Obotrites, future wife of king Olof Skötkonung of Sweden * Otto, Count of Vermandois === Deaths === * Iago ab Idwal, King of Gwynedd * 'Imran