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<catset>Category="972"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left: 15px;"><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b>Years:</b></small><br><a href="968">968</a> <a href="969">969</a> <a href="970">970</a> <a href="971">971</a> - 972 - <a href="973">973</a> <a href="974">974</a> <a href="975">975</a> <a href="976">976</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><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Events</h2><ul> <li> <a href="Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto II</a> marries <a href="Theophanu">Theophanu</a>, <a href="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> princess. <li> <a href="Battle of Cedynia">Battle of Cedynia</a> - Polish duke <a href="Mieszko I of Poland">Mieszko I</a> defeats <a href="Germany">Germans</a>. <li> <a href="Pope Benedict VI">Pope Benedict VI</a> succeeds <a href="Pope John XIII">Pope John XIII</a> as pope. <li> <a href="Boleslav II of Bohemia">Boleslaus II the Pious</a> succeeds <a href="Boleslav I of Bohemia">Boleslav I of Bohemia</a> in <a href="Bohemia">Bohemia</a>. <li> <a href="Yaropolk of Kiev">Yaropolk of Kiev</a> succeeds <a href="Sviatoslav I of Kiev">Sviatoslav I</a> in <a href="Kiev">Kiev</a>. <li> <a href="Fatimid">Fatimids</a> enter <a href="Egypt">Egypt</a>, establish the city of <a href="Cairo">Cairo</a> and the <a href="Al-Azhar University">Al-Azhar mosque</a>. <li> <a href="Buluggin ibn Ziri">Buluggin ibn Ziri</a> appointed viceroy in <a href="Ifriqiya">Ifriqiya</a>, start of the <a href="Zirid">Zirid</a> dynasty <li> The monastery at the site of <a href="Peterborough Cathedral">Peterborough Cathedral</a> is rebuilt. <li> <a href="Saint Eadburga">Saint Eadburga</a> is canonized. <li> Emperor John Tzoimisces makes eastern <a href="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> a <a href="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> d </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Births</h2><ul> <li> <a href="March 27">March 27</a> - King <a href="Robert II of France">Robert II of France</a> (d. <a href="1031">1031</a>) </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Deaths</h2><ul> <li> <a href="July 15">July 15</a> - <a href="Boleslav I of Bohemia">Boleslav I of Bohemia</a> <li> <a href="September 6">September 6</a> - <a href="Pope John XIII">Pope John XIII</a> <li> <a href="Liutprand">Liutprand</a>, bishop of Cremona and historian <li> <a href="Sviatoslav I of Kiev">Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev</a> </ul>