970
970 was a common year.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| 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 | 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3666 or 3606 — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 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 (天禄元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 871–872 |
| Julian calendar | 970 CMLXX |
| Korean calendar | 3303 |
| Minguo calendar | 942 before ROC 民前942年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −498 |
| Seleucid era | 1281/1282 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1512–1513 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1096 or 715 or −57 — to — 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1097 or 716 or −56 |
Events
- A major volcano erupts in Mashu, Japan.
- A terrible famine begins in France.
- Eric the Victorious becomes the first king of Sweden.
Births
- Leif Ericson, Norse explorer
- Seyyed Razi, important Muslim scholar and writer
- Sitt al-Mulk
- Xu Daoning, Chinese artist
Deaths
- 30 January – Peter I of Bulgaria
- Magyar leader, Taksány
- Ferdinand II of Castile
- Fujiwara no Saneyori
- García III of Pamplona
- Hatto II, Archbishop of Mainz
- Menahem ben Saruq
- Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople
- Taksony of Hungary
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