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Years: 968 969 970 971 - 972 - 973 974 975 976

Decades: 940s 950s 960s - 970s - 980s 990s 1000s

Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century

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 city of Cairo and the Al-Azhar mosque.
• 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 Tzimisces makes eastern Bulgaria a Byzantine d

Births

• March 27 - King Robert II of France (d. 1031)

Deaths

• July 15 - Boleslav I of Bohemia
• September 6 - Pope John XIII
• Liutprand, bishop of Cremona and historian
• Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kievaf:972

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