973

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

973 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	973 CMLXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1726
Armenian calendar	422 ԹՎ ՆԻԲ
Assyrian calendar	5723
Balinese saka calendar	894–895
Bengali calendar	380
Berber calendar	1923
Buddhist calendar	1517
Burmese calendar	335
Byzantine calendar	6481–6482
Chinese calendar	壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3669 or 3609     — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3670 or 3610
Coptic calendar	689–690
Discordian calendar	2139
Ethiopian calendar	965–966
Hebrew calendar	4733–4734
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1029–1030
- Shaka Samvat	894–895
- Kali Yuga	4073–4074
Holocene calendar	10973
Iranian calendar	351–352
Islamic calendar	362–363
Japanese calendar	Tenroku 4 / Ten'en 1 (天延元年)
Javanese calendar	874–875
Julian calendar	973 CMLXXIII
Korean calendar	3306
Minguo calendar	939 before ROC 民前939年
Nanakshahi calendar	−495
Seleucid era	1284/1285 AG
Thai solar calendar	1515–1516
Tibetan calendar	阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1099 or 718 or −54     — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1100 or 719 or −53

973 (CMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 973rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 973rd year of the 1st millennium, the 73rd year of the 10th century, and the 4th year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 973, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

Caliph Al-Mu'izz moves the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate to Cairo in Egypt from Tunisia.

Pope Benedict VI becomes the 134th pope of the Catholic Church. He is put in Rome with the permission of Otto I and becomes the puppet ruler of the Roman Empire.

The emperor Otto I dies in Germany after ruling for 37 years. His son Otto II takes his place at 18 year old who makes the government of the Roman Empire into a autocracy.