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Gregorian calendar 971
CMLXXI
Ab urbe condita 1724
Armenian calendar 420
ԹՎ ՆԻ
Assyrian calendar 5721
Balinese saka calendar 892–893
Bengali calendar 378
Berber calendar 1921
Buddhist calendar 1515
Burmese calendar 333
Byzantine calendar 6479–6480
Chinese calendar 庚午年 (Metal  Horse)
3667 or 3607
    — to —
辛未年 (Metal  Goat)
3668 or 3608
Coptic calendar 687–688
Discordian calendar 2137
Ethiopian calendar 963–964
Hebrew calendar 4731–4732
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1027–1028
 - Shaka Samvat 892–893
 - Kali Yuga 4071–4072
Holocene calendar 10971
Iranian calendar 349–350
Islamic calendar 360–361
Japanese calendar Tenroku 2
(天禄２年)
Javanese calendar 872–873
Julian calendar 971
CMLXXI
Korean calendar 3304
Minguo calendar 941 before ROC
民前941年
Nanakshahi calendar −497
Seleucid era 1282/1283 AG
Thai solar calendar 1513–1514
Tibetan calendar 阳金马年
(male Iron-Horse)
1097 or 716 or −56
    — to —
阴金羊年
(female Iron-Goat)
1098 or 717 or −55
Emperor John I (middle) returns in triumph in Constantinople with the captured Boris II. Returns.jpg
Emperor John I (middle) returns in triumph in Constantinople with the captured Boris II.

Year 971 ( CMLXXI ) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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  • January 23 – A war elephant corps of the Southern Han is defeated at Shao, by crossbow fire from Song dynasty troops. The Southern Han Kingdom is forced to submit to the Song dynasty. Ending Southern Han rule, but also the first regular war elephant corps employed in a Chinese army, that had gained the Southern Han victories throughout the 10th century.

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  • The grave of Swithun, Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester, is moved into an indoor shrine (he was previously buried outside) in the Old Minster. The ceremony is said to have been marred by 40 days of torrential rain.

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The 1000s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1000, and ended on December 31, 1009.

The 800s decade ran from January 1, 800, to December 31, 809.

The 710s decade ran from January 1, 710, to December 31, 719.

The 700s decade ran from January 1, 700, to December 31, 709.

The 910s decade ran from January 1, 910, to December 31, 919.

The 920s decade ran from January 1, 920, to December 31, 929.

The 940s decade ran from January 1, 940, to December 31, 949.

The 950s decade ran from January 1, 950, to December 31, 959.

The 960s decade ran from January 1, 960, to December 31, 969.

The 970s decade ran from January 1, 970, to December 31, 979.

The 980s decade ran from January 1, 980, to December 31, 989.

The 990s decade ran from January 1, 990, to December 31, 999.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">969</span> Calendar year

Year 969 (CMLXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 1st millennium, the 69th year of the 10th century, and the 10th and last year of the 960s decade.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">967</span> Calendar year

Year 967 (CMLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">995</span> Calendar year

Year 995 (CMXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

The 1010s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1010, and ended on December 31, 1019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">977</span> Calendar year

Year 977 (CMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">942</span> Calendar year

Year 942 (CMXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

The 1020s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1020, and ended on December 31, 1029.

The Battle of Alexandretta was the first clash between the forces of the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate in Syria. It was fought in early 971 near Alexandretta, while the main Fatimid army was besieging Antioch, which the Byzantines had captured two years previously. The Byzantines, led by one of Emperor John I Tzimiskes' household eunuchs, lured a 4,000-strong Fatimid detachment to attack their empty encampment and then attacked them from all sides, destroying the Fatimid force. The defeat at Alexandretta, coupled with the Qarmatian invasion of southern Syria, forced the Fatimids to lift the siege and secured Byzantine control of Antioch and northern Syria.

References

  1. ↑ Treadgold, Warren (1997). A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 509. ISBN   0-8047-2630-2..
  2. ↑ Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. pp. 186–187. ISBN   0-472-08149-7..
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