970

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	940s  950s  960s  – 970s –  980s  990s  1000s
Years:	967 968 969 – 970 – 971 972 973

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970 Media

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  The Byzantines persecute the fleeing Rus'.

970 (CMLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 970th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 970th year of the 1st millennium, the 70th year of the 10th century, and the 1st year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 970, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• A major volcano erupts in Mashu, Japan.
• A terrible famine begins in France.
• Eric the Victorious becomes the first king of Sweden.

Births

• Leif Ericson, Norse explorer
• Seyyed Razi, important Muslim scholar and writer
• Sitt al-Mulk
• Xu Daoning, Chinese artist

Deaths

• 30 January – Peter I of Bulgaria
• Magyar leader, Taksány
• Ferdinand II of Castile
• Fujiwara no Saneyori
• García III of Pamplona
• Hatto II, Archbishop of Mainz
• Menahem ben Saruq
• Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople
• Taksony of Hungary