971

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	940s  950s  960s  – 970s –  980s  990s  1000s
Years:	968 969 970 – 971 – 972 973 974

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971 (CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 1st millennium, the 71st year of the 10th century, and the 2nd year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 971, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Kenneth II of Scotland succeeds Culen as King

Births

• Kushyar ibn Labban
• Mahmud of Ghazni
• Emperor Shengzong of Liao
• Prince Shaif

Deaths

• Abu Jafar Khazeni
• Culen of Scotland
• Ziri ibn Manad