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Calendar overview 977
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 becomes Archbishop of Trier . |
 Duchess of Poland , dies. |
| 977 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 425/426 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 969/970 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1520/21 (southern Buddhism); 1519/20 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 61st (62nd) cycle
Year of the Fire Ox丁丑 ( at the beginning of the year Fire Rat 丙子) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 339/340 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 355/356 (turn of the year March) |
| Islamic calendar | 366/367 (turn of the year 18/19 August) |
| Jewish calendar | 4737/38 (September 16-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 693/694 |
| Malayalam calendar | 152/153 |
| Roman calendar |
from urbe condita MDCCXXX (1730)
Diocletian's era : 693/694 (turn of the year November) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1287/88 (April)
Syria: 1288/89 (October) |
| Spanish era | 1015 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1033/34 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Central Europe
- Emperor Otto II leads a campaign against Bohemia , to which the rebellious Duke Heinrich the quarrel has fled. In August, Duke Boleslav II of Bohemia submits . In the meantime Heinrich has allied himself with Heinrich of Carinthia and Bishop Heinrich I of Augsburg for the "uprising of the three Heinriche" and occupied Passau .
- Reginar IV and his brother Lambert received their hereditary property back from Emperor Otto II except Mons . He also transfers the Duchy of Lower Lorraine to Karl , who is in conflict with his brother, the West Franconian King Lothar . Lothar sees this as a hostile act.
Eastern Europe
- The Bulgarian Tsar Boris II succeeded in escaping from captivity in Constantinople together with his brother Roman. On the Byzantine- Bulgarian border, however, he died under unexplained circumstances. Roman becomes Tsar of Bulgaria . He is supported by the Komitopuli .
- In the fight between the two brothers Jaropolk I and Oleg Svyatoslawitsch the latter is killed. Jaropolk, Grand Duke of the Kievan Rus , turns against his other brother Vladimir I and expels him from his principality, Novgorod . Vladimir flees to Norway.
Scotland
- With the final victory over Amlaíb, Kenneth II secured rule over all of Scotland after a six-year reign .
Asia
- Former Turkish military slave Sabuktigin founded in eastern Iran, the dynasty of the Ghaznavids .
North africa
- around 977: The Berber tribe of the Magrawa expels the Midrarids and takes control of Sidschilmasa .
First documentary mentions
- October 29 : Rislaun (today: Rüssel) is mentioned for the first time near Ankum .
- First documentary mention of St. Lambrecht . Duke Otto von Worms donates the Benedictine monastery of St. Lambrecht to Grevenhausen .
- First documented mention of Dudweiler : Emperor Otto II confirms the ownership of the chapel in Duodonisvillare (hamlet of Dudo) to the nunnery of St. Peter in Metz.
science and technology
- The Glosas Emilianenses arise.
Culture
religion
- Ælfric becomes Bishop of Crediton after Sideman's death on April 30th .
- Egbert , previously Arch Chancellor in the Holy Roman Empire, becomes Archbishop of Trier . He succeeds Theodoric I , who died on June 5th .
Born
- March 4 : Al-Musabbihi , Arab-Egyptian chronicler († 1029 )
- Adelheid I , Frankish emperor's daughter, abbess of the Quedlinburg, Gandersheim, Gernrode and Frose monasteries († 1044 )
Died
Date of death secured
- March 1 : Rosendo de Celanova , Galician nobleman and church leader, Catholic saint (* 907 )
- April 30th : Sideman , Bishop of Crediton
- June 5th / 12th : Theodoric I , Archbishop of Trier
Exact date of death unknown
- Boris II , Tsar of Bulgaria (* around 929 )
- Dubrawka of Bohemia , Duchess of Poland (* around 925 )
- Fujiwara no Kanemichi , Japanese nobleman (* 925 )
- Oleg Svyatoslavich , Prince of the Drewlyans (* around 955 )
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