974

癸酉年 (Water Rooster)
3671 or 3464
— to —
甲戌年 (Wood Dog)
3672 or 3465

阴水鸡年
(female Water-Rooster)
1100 or 719 or −53
— to —
阳木狗年
(male Wood-Dog)
1101 or 720 or −52

Battle of Danevirke: Emperor Otto II defeats the rebel forces of King Harald I, who has invaded Nordalbingia (modern-day Holstein), to shake off imperial overlordship. Otto's armies swiftly subdue the Danes, consolidating the frontier between Scandinavia and Northern Germany. Meanwhile, Henry II begins a rebellion against his cousin Otto. He forges alliances with Bavarian and Saxon nobles.

King Edgar I gives English help to Prince Hywel in ousting his uncle, King Iago of Gwynedd from his kingdom.
A great earthquake occurs in England.^[1]

5 August – Caliph al-Muti, ill and incapacitated, is deposed and succeeded by his son al-Ta'i, dying shortly after.^[2]

The Qarmatians are defeated north of CairobyFatimid forces under General Jawhar al-Siqilli. He consolidates Fatimid rule and sends a legation to the Christian land of Nubia to secure the southern border of Egypt. Arab traders introduce Islam to the population, which gradually supplants Christianity.
An offensive, by the Spain-based Caliphate of Córdoba brings the Maghrebi Idrisid Dynasty to an end. Caliph Al-Hakam II maintains the supremacy of the caliphate over the kingdoms of Navarra, Castile and León.^[3]

The Liao Dynasty exchanges ambassadors with the Song DynastyonNew Years Day (Spring Festival).
The city of Fuzhou, located in Fujian province, builds new city walls.

Summer – Pope Benedict VI is imprisoned in the Castel Sant'AngeloatRome, where he is strangled to death through the influence of the powerful Crescentii family. Crescentius I (the Elder), Italian politician and aristocrat, engineers an election and replaces Benedict with his own candidate Franco, who ascends under the title anti-Pope Boniface VII.^[4]
Fall – Boniface VII is expelled by order of Otto II and flees to Constantinople, taking the Church treasury of the Vatican Basilica along with him.^[5] He is succeeded by Benedict VII as the 135th pope of the Catholic Church.
Anabbey is founded at the site of Mönchengladbach (Germany).

^ Stratton, J.M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.

^ ^a ^b Güner, Ahmet (2006). "Mutî'-Lillâh". TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol. 31 (Muhammedi̇yye – Münâzara) (in Turkish). Istanbul: Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, Centre for Islamic Studies. pp. 401–402. ISBN 978-975-389-458-6.

^ Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœr du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 42.

^ Richard P. McBrien (2000). Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to Benedict XVI, p. 186 (Harper Collins).

^ Collins, Roger (2009). Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy, Basic Books.

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