977

977 (CMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 977th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 977th year of the 1st millennium, the 77th year of the 10th century, and the 8th year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 977, 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:	974 975 976 – 977 – 978 979 980

977 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	977 CMLXXVII
Ab urbe condita	1730
Armenian calendar	426 ԹՎ ՆԻԶ
Assyrian calendar	5727
Balinese saka calendar	898–899
Bengali calendar	384
Berber calendar	1927
Buddhist calendar	1521
Burmese calendar	339
Byzantine calendar	6485–6486
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3673 or 3613     — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3674 or 3614
Coptic calendar	693–694
Discordian calendar	2143
Ethiopian calendar	969–970
Hebrew calendar	4737–4738
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1033–1034
- Shaka Samvat	898–899
- Kali Yuga	4077–4078
Holocene calendar	10977
Iranian calendar	355–356
Islamic calendar	366–367
Japanese calendar	Jōgen 2 (貞元２年)
Javanese calendar	878–879
Julian calendar	977 CMLXXVII
Korean calendar	3310
Minguo calendar	935 before ROC 民前935年
Nanakshahi calendar	−491
Seleucid era	1288/1289 AG
Thai solar calendar	1519–1520
Tibetan calendar	阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1103 or 722 or −50     — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1104 or 723 or −49

Events

• 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