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Calendar overview 972

January
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
1	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
2	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
3	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
4th	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28
5	29	30th	31

February
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
5				1	2	3	4th
6th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
7th	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th
8th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th
9	26th	27	28	29

March
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
9					1	2	3
10	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
11	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
12	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
13	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31

April
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
14th	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
15th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
16	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
17th	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28
18th	29	30th

May
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
18th			1	2	3	4th	5
19th	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12
20th	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th
21st	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th
22nd	27	28	29	30th	31

June
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
22nd						1	2
23	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
24	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16
25th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23
26th	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th

July
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
27	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
28	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
29	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
30th	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28
31	29	30th	31

August
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
31				1	2	3	4th
32	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
33	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th
34	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th
35	26th	27	28	29	30th	31

September
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
35							1
36	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
37	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
38	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
39	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29
40	30th

October
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
40		1	2	3	4th	5	6th
41	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13
42	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
43	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27
44	28	29	30th	31

November
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
44					1	2	3
45	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
46	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
47	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
48	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th

December
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
48							1
49	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
50	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
51	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
52	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29
1	30th	31

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972
The East Franconian-German Emperor Otto II marries Theophanu , niece of the Byzantine Emperor Johannes Tzimiskes .
972 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	420/421 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	964/965
Buddhist calendar	1515/16 (southern Buddhism); 1514/15 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	61st (62nd) cycle Year of the water monkey壬申 ( at the beginning of the year metal sheep 辛未)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	334/335 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	350/351
Islamic calendar	361/362 (New Year 11/12 October)
Jewish calendar	4732/33 (September 11-12)
Coptic calendar	688/689
Malayalam calendar	147/148
Roman calendar	ab urbe condita MDCCXXV (1725) Diocletian's era : 688/689 (November turn of the year)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1282/83 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1283/84 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era	1010
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	1028/29 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

Western and Central Europe

Reichsgebiet 972 (outlined in red)

April 14th : In St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Pope John XIII. the marriage of the 17-year-old Otto II , co-emperor of the East Franconian-German Empire , with Theophanu , about the same age , niece of the Byzantine emperor Johannes Tzimiskes . Theophanu is immediately crowned empress. Politically, marriage means the recognition of the Ottonian Empire by the Byzantine Empire. The conflict between the two empires, which was simmering for a long time in the south of Italy, eased noticeably as a result.
June 24th : The battle of Zehden between Duke Mieszko I of Poland and the Margrave Hodo I of Lausitz , appointed by Emperor Otto I , ends with a devastating defeat for Hodos.

August: Emperor Otto I returns to Germany with the couple from his Italian expedition across the Alps

In September, an imperial synod takes place in Ingelheim in the presence of the emperor .

Maiolus , Abbot of Cluny , is kidnapped by the Saracens who demand a ransom. After his release, the monks and the population turn to Count William I of Provence for help.
Henry the Great , Duke of Burgundy , marries Gerberga von Mâcon.
Heinrich II. , The brawler, Duke of Bavaria , marries Gisela of Burgundy .

Boleslav II, the pious

967/972 : Boleslav the Pious becomes Duke of Bohemia .

Eastern Europe

The Kievan Rus under Svyatoslav I have to withdraw from Bulgaria after several defeats against the Byzantines . The eastern part of the country becomes a Byzantine province.

Svyatoslav is killed by Pechenegs on the way back to his kingdom on the Dnieper rapids .

The kingdom of Rus is divided among the sons of Svyatoslav. Jaropolk I receives Kiev, Vladimir I receives the principality of Novgorod with the capital of the same name , Oleg becomes Prince of the Drewlyans .

The Byzantine emperor Johannes Tzimiskes confirms the tragos , the constitution of the so-called monastic republic of Athos, written on goat skin (gr. Tragos) .

Africa

The Fatimid caliph Abu Tamin al-Muizz makes Cairo the capital of his empire. Buluggin ibn Ziri is made viceroy in Ifrīqiya by him . He founded the Berber dynasty of Zirids .

First documentary mentions

First documentary mention of Affalterbach , Altendorf , Großaitingen , Großnöbach , Liesborn , Freienbach , Marbach am Neckar , Murr , Riedlingen , Rüti ZH , Siebnen and Teningen

religion

Christianity

September 6th : Pope John XIII. dies in Rome. There will be no election of a successor until the end of the year.

Wolfgang becomes Bishop of Regensburg as the successor to Michael , who died on September 23rd .

The Hungarian Grand Duke Géza and his son, who later became King Stephen I , were baptized.
Oswald becomes Archbishop of York .
Sideman becomes Bishop of Crediton . He succeeds the late I. Ælfwald after.
Archbishop Dunstan of Canterbury transfers ownership of the village of Kettering to Peterborough Abbey .

Islam

The al-Azhar mosque in Cairo is inaugurated after a two-year construction period. On June 22 , during the Ramadan , the first Friday prayers held.

Born

March 27 : Robert the Pious , King of France († 1031 )

Abu al-Hasan al-Mawardi , Arab legal scholar († 1058 )
Bruno of Carinthia , as Gregory V Pope († 999 )
Fulko III. , Count of Anjou, called the Black († 1040 )
Irmtrud von der Wetterau , Countess von Gleiberg († after 1015)
Raimund Borrell , Count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausona († 1017 )

Died

Spring: Svyatoslav I , Grand Duke of the Kievan Rus (* around 942 )
before July: Liutprand of Cremona , Italian historian, diplomat and Bishop of Cremona (* 920 )

September 6th : John XIII. , Pope
September 23 : Michael , Bishop of Regensburg

Ælfwald I. , Bishop of Crediton

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