972
972 was a leap year.
| 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
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