974 974 898 Category="974"

Years:
970 971 972 973 - 974 - 975 976 977 978
Decades:
940s 950s 960s - 970s - 980s 990s 1000s
Centuries:
9th century - 10th century - 11th century

Events

Antipope Boniface VII succeeds Pope Benedict VI.
The Byzantine Empire retakes Syria including Aleppo from the Abbasids.
Al-Ta'i succeeds Al-Muti as Abbasid caliph of Baghdad.
Fuzhou builds new city walls.
An abbey is founded at the site of Mönchengladbach.
Carmathians defeated in Egypt by Jawhar as-Siqilli - Fatimid rule consolidated there.

Births

Deaths

Pope Benedict VI