978

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	940s  950s  960s  – 970s –  980s  990s  1000s
Years:	975 976 977 – 978 – 979 980 981

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  Æthelred II (the Unready) (c. 966–1016)

978 (CMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 1st millennium, the 78th year of the 10th century, and the 9th year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 978, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• The revolt of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria against Otto II ends
• England's royal mint is located at Guildford

Births

• Princess Zoe of Byzantium, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire
• Yaroslav I the Wise, prince of Novgorod and Kiev

Deaths

• March 18 – King Edward the Martyr of England
• Abraham of Alexandria, Coptic pope
• Li Houzhu, last Chinese emperor of the Southern Tang