970
Appearance
Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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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 | 3666 or 3606 — to — 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 ( |
Javanese calendar | 871–872 |
Julian calendar | 970 CMLXX |
Korean calendar | 3303 |
Minguo calendar | 942 before ROC |
Nanakshahi calendar | −498 |
Seleucid era | 1281/1282 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1512–1513 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴土 (female Earth-Snake) 1096 or 715 or −57 — to — 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1097 or 716 or −56 |
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.
Events
[change | change source]- A major volcano erupts in Mashu, Japan.
- A terrible famine begins in France.
- Eric the Victorious becomes the first king of Sweden.
Births
[change | change source]- Leif Ericson, Norse explorer
- Seyyed Razi, important Muslim scholar and writer
- Sitt al-Mulk
- Xu Daoning, Chinese artist