974

974 (CMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 974th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 974th year of the 1st millennium, the 74th year of the 10th century, and the 5th year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 974, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	940s  950s  960s  – 970s –  980s  990s  1000s
Years:	971 972 973 – 974 – 975 976 977

Events

• The caliph al-Muti is overthrown from the Abbasid Caliphate and replaced by his son al-Ta'i who died shortly after his son's takeover.

• An earthquake happens in England which kills 600 people.

• The Liao dynasty switches ambassadors between the Song dynasty on New Year's Day.

• The city of Fuzhou starts to build new walls.