970
year
970 (CMLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 970th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 970th year of the 1st millennium, the 70th year of the 10th century, and the 1st year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 970, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 940s 950s 960s – 970s – 980s 990s 1000s |
| Years: | 967 968 969 – 970 – 971 972 973 |
| Gregorian calendar | 970 CMLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1723 |
| Armenian calendar | 419 ԹՎ ՆԺԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5720 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 891–892 |
| Bengali calendar | 377 |
| Berber calendar | 1920 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1514 |
| Burmese calendar | 332 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6478–6479 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3666 or 3606 — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 3667 or 3607 |
| Coptic calendar | 686–687 |
| Discordian calendar | 2136 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 962–963 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4730–4731 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1026–1027 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 891–892 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4070–4071 |
| Holocene calendar | 10970 |
| Iranian calendar | 348–349 |
| Islamic calendar | 359–360 |
| Japanese calendar | Anna 3 / Tenroku 1 (天禄元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 871–872 |
| Julian calendar | 970 CMLXX |
| Korean calendar | 3303 |
| Minguo calendar | 942 before ROC 民前942年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −498 |
| Seleucid era | 1281/1282 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1512–1513 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1096 or 715 or −57 — to — 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1097 or 716 or −56 |
Events
changeBirths
change- Leif Ericson, Norse explorer
- Seyyed Razi, important Muslim scholar and writer
- Sitt al-Mulk
- Xu Daoning, Chinese artist