970
970
974
<catset>Category="970"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left: 15px;"><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b>Years:</b></small><br><a href="966">966</a> <a href="967">967</a> <a href="968">968</a> <a href="969">969</a> - 970 - <a href="971">971</a> <a href="972">972</a> <a href="973">973</a> <a href="974">974</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b><a href="List of decades">Decades</a>:</b></small><br><a href="940s">940s</a> <a href="950s">950s</a> <a href="960s">960s</a> - <b><a href="970s">970s</a></b> - <a href="980s">980s</a> <a href="990s">990s</a> <a href="1000s">1000s</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center><small><b><a href="Centuries">Centuries</a>:</b></small><br><a href="9th century">9th century</a> - <b><a href="10th century">10th century</a></b> - <a href="11th century">11th century</a></td></tr></table><p></right><p><b>Events</b><ul><li>Major <a href="Volcano">Volcano</a> eruption in Mashu, <a href="Japan">Japan</a> <li>Devastating decade long <a href="Famine">Famine</a> begins in <a href="France">France</a> <li><a href="John I Tzimisces">Byzantine Emperor John I</a> successfully defends the <a href="Byzantine Empire">Eastern Roman Empire</a> from massive <a href="Barbarian">Barbarian</a> invasion <li>Construction completed on Al-Azhar <a href="Mosque">Mosque</a> in <a href="Cairo">Cairo</a>, world's oldest <a href="Islam">Islamic</a> <a href="University">University</a> </ul><p><b>Births</b><ul><li><a href="Leif Ericson">Leif Ericson</a>, <a href="Norsemen">Norse</a> <a href="List of explorers">explorer</a> <li><a href="Seyyed Razi">Seyyed Razi</a>, important <a href="Muslim">Muslim</a> scholar and writer </ul><p><b>Deaths</b><ul><li><a href="Magyars">Magyar</a> king, Toksyun </ul>