973

This article is about the year 973. For the number, see 973 (number). For other uses, see 973 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	940s  950s  960s  – 970s –  980s  990s  1000s
Years:	970 971 972 – 973 – 974 975 976

973 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

973 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	973 CMLXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1726
Armenian calendar	422 ԹՎ ՆԻԲ
Assyrian calendar	5723
Bengali calendar	380
Berber calendar	1923
Buddhist calendar	1517
Burmese calendar	335
Byzantine calendar	6481–6482
Chinese calendar	壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3669 or 3609     — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3670 or 3610
Coptic calendar	689–690
Discordian calendar	2139
Ethiopian calendar	965–966
Hebrew calendar	4733–4734
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1029–1030
- Shaka Samvat	895–896
- Kali Yuga	4074–4075
Holocene calendar	10973
Iranian calendar	351–352
Islamic calendar	362–363
Japanese calendar	Tenroku 4 / Ten'en 1 (天延元年)
Julian calendar	973 CMLXXIII
Korean calendar	3306
Minguo calendar	939 before ROC 民前939年
Seleucid era	1284/1285 AG
Thai solar calendar	1515–1516

Year 973 (CMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Africa

• The Fatimids move their capital to Cairo.

Europe

• Edgar of England is crowned king by Saint Dunstan.
• Lothian is ceded to Scotland by England in return for fealty from the King of Scotland, Kenneth II.
• Otto II becomes Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany.

By topic

Religion

• January 19 – Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as the 134th pope.

Births

• September 15 – Al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)
• December 26 – Abu al-Ala al-Ma'ar;ri, poet

Deaths

• May 7 – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)
• July 4 – Saint Ulrich of Augsburg (b. 890)