970s

Below are some of the major things that happened in the years from 970 to 979.



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

References

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