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Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 9th century10th century11th century
Decades: 940s  950s  960s  – 970s –  980s  990s  1000s
Years: 970 971 972973974 975 976
973 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar973
CMLXXIII
Ab urbe condita1726
Armenian calendar422
ԹՎ ՆԻԲ
Assyrian calendar5723
Balinese saka calendar894–895
Bengali calendar380
Berber calendar1923
Buddhist calendar1517
Burmese calendar335
Byzantine calendar6481–6482
Chinese calendar壬申(Water Monkey)
3669 or 3609
    — to —
癸酉年 (Water Rooster)
3670 or 3610
Coptic calendar689–690
Discordian calendar2139
Ethiopian calendar965–966
Hebrew calendar4733–4734
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1029–1030
 - Shaka Samvat894–895
 - Kali Yuga4073–4074
Holocene calendar10973
Iranian calendar351–352
Islamic calendar362–363
Japanese calendarTenroku 4 / Ten'en 1
(天延元年)
Javanese calendar874–875
Julian calendar973
CMLXXIII
Korean calendar3306
Minguo calendar939 before ROC
民前939年
Nanakshahi calendar−495
Seleucid era1284/1285 AG
Thai solar calendar1515–1516
Tibetan calendar阳水猴年
(male Water-Monkey)
1099 or 718 or −54
    — to —
阴水鸡年
(female Water-Rooster)
1100 or 719 or −53

973 (CMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 973rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 973rd year of the 1st millennium, the 73rd year of the 10th century, and the 4th year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 973, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Caliph Al-Mu'izz moves the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate to Cairo in Egypt from Tunisia.

Pope Benedict VI becomes the 134th pope of the Catholic Church. He is put in Rome with the permission of Otto I and becomes the puppet ruler of the Roman Empire.[1]

The emperor Otto I dies in Germany after ruling for 37 years. His son Otto II takes his place at 18 year old who makes the government of the Roman Empire into a autocracy.[2]

References

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  1. Keepers of the keys of heaven: A History of the Papacy.
  2. The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.