| 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 |
| 971 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 971 CMLXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1724 |
| Armenian calendar | 420 ԹՎ ՆԻ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -873 – -872 |
| Berber calendar | 1921 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1515 |
| Burmese calendar | 333 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6479 – 6480 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年十二月初二日 (3607/3667-12-2) — to —
辛未年十二月十一日(3608/3668-12-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 687 – 688 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 963 – 964 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4731 – 4732 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1026 – 1027 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 893 – 894 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4072 – 4073 |
| Holocene calendar | 10971 |
| Iranian calendar | 349 – 350 |
| Islamic calendar | 360 – 361 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3304 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1514 |
971 was a year in the 10th century.
Events
By place
Europe
- Kenneth II of Scotland succeeds Culen as King, though he will not be sole king until 977.
- Saint Swithun's body is moved into an indoor shrine (he was previously buried outside). The ceremony is said to have been marred by 40 days of torrential rain.
Asia
- January 23 – In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. The Southern Han state is forced to submit to the Song Dynasty, ending not only 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.
- Basileus John I Tzimiskes defeats Sviatoslav I of Kiev in the Fifth Rus'-Byzantine War (SeeBattle of Dorostolon).
Births
Deaths
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