974

974 (CMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 974th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 974th year of the 1st millennium, the 74th year of the 10th century, and the 5th year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 974, 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:	971 972 973 – 974 – 975 976 977

974 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	974 CMLXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1727
Armenian calendar	423 ԹՎ ՆԻԳ
Assyrian calendar	5724
Balinese saka calendar	895–896
Bengali calendar	381
Berber calendar	1924
Buddhist calendar	1518
Burmese calendar	336
Byzantine calendar	6482–6483
Chinese calendar	癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3670 or 3610     — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3671 or 3611
Coptic calendar	690–691
Discordian calendar	2140
Ethiopian calendar	966–967
Hebrew calendar	4734–4735
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1030–1031
- Shaka Samvat	895–896
- Kali Yuga	4074–4075
Holocene calendar	10974
Iranian calendar	352–353
Islamic calendar	363–364
Japanese calendar	Ten'en 2 (天延２年)
Javanese calendar	875–876
Julian calendar	974 CMLXXIV
Korean calendar	3307
Minguo calendar	938 before ROC 民前938年
Nanakshahi calendar	−494
Seleucid era	1285/1286 AG
Thai solar calendar	1516–1517
Tibetan calendar	阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1100 or 719 or −53     — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 1101 or 720 or −52

Events

• The caliph al-Muti is overthrown from the Abbasid Caliphate and replaced by his son al-Ta'i who died shortly after his son's takeover.

• An earthquake happens in England which kills 600 people.

• The Liao dynasty switches ambassadors between the Song dynasty on New Year's Day.

• The city of Fuzhou starts to build new walls.