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.^[1]
• 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

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