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, Taksany
Ferdinand II of Castile
Fujiwara no Saneyori
Garcia 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 Sanjo 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
Kokei, 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 Skotkonung of Sweden
Otto, Count of Vermandois
Deaths
Iago ab Idwal, King of Gwynedd
'Imran
References
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