| 972 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| 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) 3669 or 3462 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3670 or 3463 |
| 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 |
Year 972 (CMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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Transcription
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- Spring – Emperor John I Tzimiskes divides the Bulgarian territories, recently held by the Kievan Rus', into six new themes. He turns his attention to the East against the Abbasid Caliphate and its vassals, beginning with an invasion of Upper Mesopotamia. John transfers Byzantine troops to Macedonia, and the region of Philippopolis in Thrace, to dilute the Slavs.[1]
- John I removes various Bulgarian boyars from their homes, and settles them in Constantinople and Anatolia (modern Turkey), where they are given high titles and lands.[2]
- John I grants a charter for the Monastic Republic of Holy Mount Athos, in Greece.
Europe
- Spring – Grand Prince Sviatoslav I is ambushed by the Pechenegs (possibly in the service of the Byzantines) and killed during his attempt to cross the Dnieper rapids (modern Ukraine). His skull is made into a drinking cup. Sviatoslav is succeeded by his eldest son Yaropolk I as ruler of Kiev, which leads to a civil war with his brother Oleg.[3]
- April 14 – Otto II (the Red), joint-ruler and son of Otto I (the Great), marries the Byzantine princess Theophanu (niece or granddaughter of John I). She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII at Rome. Creating an alliance between the Ottonian Dynasty and the Byzantine Empire (called the Tzimiscian Peace).[4]
- June 24 – Battle of Cedynia: The Polans under prince (or Duke) Mieszko I, defeat the German forces of the Saxon count Odo I at their stronghold in Cedynia (with the help of hidden reinforcements). The battle – one of the first in Polish history – strengthens Mieszko's hold over Western Pomerania.[5]
Africa
- Buluggin ibn Ziri is appointed viceroy in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) and becomes the first ruler (emir) of the Zirid Dynasty.
By topic
Religion
- September 6 – John XIII dies at Rome after a 6-year reign. He is succeeded by Benedict VI as the 134th pope of the Catholic Church.
- The monastery at the site of Peterborough Cathedral is rebuilt by Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury.[6]
Births
- January 16 – Sheng Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 1031)
- March 27 – Robert II (the Pious), king of France (d. 1031)
- Abdussamed Babek, Kurdish ulama, author and poet (d. 1019/1020)
- Al-Mawardi, Abbasid jurist and diplomat (d. 1058)
- Ermesinde, countess and regent of Barcelona (d. 1058)
- Fujiwara no Seishi, Japanese empress consort (d. 1025)
- Fujiwara no Yukinari, Japanese calligrapher (d. 1027)
- Gregory V, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 999)[7]
- Ramon Borrell, count of Barcelona (d. 1017)
Deaths
- September 6 – John XIII, pope of the Catholic Church[8]
- December 18 (or 973) – Eberhard IV, Frankish nobleman (or 973)
- Ælfwold I (or Ælfweald), bishop of Crediton
- Arnulf II, count of Boulogne (approximate date)
- Boleslaus I (the Cruel), duke of Bohemia (or 967)
- Feng Yanlu, Chinese official (approximate date)
- Fujiwara no Koretada, Japanese statesman (b. 924)
- Pope John XIII[9]
- Khottiga Amoghavarsha, ruler of the Rashtrakuta Empire
- Kūya, Japanese priest of Pure Land Buddhism (b. 903)
- Liutprand, Lombard bishop and historian
- Sviatoslav I (Igorevich), Grand Prince of Kiev
References
- ^ Brian Todd Carey (2012). Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare 527–1071, p. 95. ISBN 978-1-84884-215-1.
- ^ Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.
- ^ Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08149-7.
- ^ Reuter, Timothy (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 254. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
- ^ Richard Brzezinski (1998). History of Poland: Old Poland, King Mieszko I , p. 15. ISBN 83-7212-019-6.
- ^ The most recent survey of the Anglo-Saxon history of Peterborough Abbey is in Kelly, S.E. (ed.), Charters of Peterborough Abbey, Anglo-Saxon Charters 14, OUP, 2009.
- ^ "Gregory V | pope". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ^ "John XIII | pope". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ^ Hibbert, Christopher (1987). Rome: The Biography of the City. New York: Penguin. p. 85. ISBN 0-14-007078-8.
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