978

978 (CMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 1st millennium, the 78th year of the 10th century, and the 9th year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 978, 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:	975 976 977 – 978 – 979 980 981

978 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	978 CMLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1731
Armenian calendar	427 ԹՎ ՆԻԷ
Assyrian calendar	5728
Balinese saka calendar	899–900
Bengali calendar	385
Berber calendar	1928
Buddhist calendar	1522
Burmese calendar	340
Byzantine calendar	6486–6487
Chinese calendar	丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3674 or 3614     — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3675 or 3615
Coptic calendar	694–695
Discordian calendar	2144
Ethiopian calendar	970–971
Hebrew calendar	4738–4739
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1034–1035
- Shaka Samvat	899–900
- Kali Yuga	4078–4079
Holocene calendar	10978
Iranian calendar	356–357
Islamic calendar	367–368
Japanese calendar	Jōgen 3 / Tengen 1 (天元元年)
Javanese calendar	879–880
Julian calendar	978 CMLXXVIII
Korean calendar	3311
Minguo calendar	934 before ROC 民前934年
Nanakshahi calendar	−490
Seleucid era	1289/1290 AG
Thai solar calendar	1520–1521
Tibetan calendar	阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1104 or 723 or −49     — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1105 or 724 or −48

Events

• 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