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Year 970 (CMLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Africa

  • Construction is completed on Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo (the world's oldest Islamic university).

    • Asia

  • A major volcano erupts in Mashu, Japan.

    • Europe

  • A devastating decade-long famine begins in France.
  • The oldest preserved document (by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor) mentions Leibnitz in Styria (Austria).
  • Byzantine Emperor John I successfully defends the Eastern Roman Empire, from a massive barbarian invasion.
  • Eric the Victorious becomes the first king of Sweden.
  • Skagul Toste demands that the English pay the very first danegeld.

    • Births

  • Leif Erikson, Norse explorer
  • Sitt al-Mulk
  • Xu Daoning, Chinese artist (d. c. 1052) (approximate date)

    • Deaths

  • January 30 – Peter I of Bulgaria
  • Magyar leader, Taksány
  • Ferdinand II of Castile
  • Fujiwara no Saneyori
  • García III of Pamplona
  • Hatto II, Archbishop of Mainz
  • Menahem ben Saruq
  • Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople
  • Taksony of Hungary

    • References

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