972
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972 (CMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 972nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 972nd year of the 1st millennium, the 72nd year of the 10th century, and the 3rd year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 972, 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: | 969 970 971 – 972 – 973 974 975 |
| Gregorian calendar | 972 CMLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1725 |
| Armenian calendar | 421 ԹՎ ՆԻԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5722 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 893–894 |
| Bengali calendar | 379 |
| Berber calendar | 1922 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1516 |
| Burmese calendar | 334 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6480–6481 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3668 or 3608 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3669 or 3609 |
| Coptic calendar | 688–689 |
| Discordian calendar | 2138 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 964–965 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4732–4733 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1028–1029 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 893–894 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4072–4073 |
| Holocene calendar | 10972 |
| Iranian calendar | 350–351 |
| Islamic calendar | 361–362 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenroku 3 (天禄３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 873–874 |
| Julian calendar | 972 CMLXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3305 |
| Minguo calendar | 940 before ROC 民前940年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −496 |
| Seleucid era | 1283/1284 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1514–1515 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1098 or 717 or −55 — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1099 or 718 or −54 |
Events
change- 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
change- 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
change- 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)