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Years: 973 974 975 976 - 977 - 978 979 980 981

Decades: 940s 950s 960s - 970s - 980s 990s 1000s

Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century

Events

• St. Aethelwold, Bishop of Winchester, rebuilds the western end of Winchester Old Minster, with twin towers and no apses.
• German emperor Otto II grants Lower Lorraine, where modern-day Brussels is located, to Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, illegitimate son of King Louis IV of France.
• King Kenneth II of Scotland kills Amlaíb, brother of King Culen, to establish himself as Culen's successor.
• The original Imam Ali Mosque is built at Najaf, Iraq by Iranian ruler the Daylamite Fannakhosraw Azod ad Dowleh.

Births

Deaths

• Hunain ibn Ishaq, Egyptian physician
• Dubrawka, daughter of Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia
• Fujiwara no Kanemichi, a kugyo of the Heian period of Japan who served as Kampaku