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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.
- 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
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