974

974 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	974; CMLXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1727
Armenian calendar	423; ԹՎ ՆԻԳ
Assyrian calendar	5724
Balinese saka calendar	895–896
Bengali calendar	381
Berber calendar	1924
Buddhist calendar	1518
Burmese calendar	336
Byzantine calendar	6482–6483
Chinese calendar	癸酉年 (Water Rooster); 3671 or 3464; — to —; 甲戌年 (Wood Dog); 3672 or 3465
Coptic calendar	690–691
Discordian calendar	2140
Ethiopian calendar	966–967
Hebrew calendar	4734–4735
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1030–1031
- Shaka Samvat	895–896
- Kali Yuga	4074–4075
Holocene calendar	10974
Iranian calendar	352–353
Islamic calendar	363–364
Japanese calendar	Ten'en 2; (天延２年)
Javanese calendar	875–876
Julian calendar	974; CMLXXIV
Korean calendar	3307
Minguo calendar	938 before ROC; 民前938年
Nanakshahi calendar	−494
Seleucid era	1285/1286 AG
Thai solar calendar	1516–1517
Tibetan calendar	阴水鸡年; (female Water-Rooster); 1100 or 719 or −53; — to —; 阳木狗年; (male Wood-Dog); 1101 or 720 or −52

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century; 10th century ; 11th century;
Decades:	950s; 960s; 970s ; 980s; 990s;
Years:	971; 972; 973; 974 ; 975; 976; 977;

Year 974 (CMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

Battle of Danevirke: Emperor Otto II defeats the rebel forces of King Harald I, who has invaded Nordalbingia (modern-day Holstein), to shake off imperial overlordship. Otto's armies swiftly subdue the Danes, consolidating the frontier between Scandinavia and Northern Germany. Meanwhile, Henry II begins a rebellion against his cousin Otto. He forges alliances with Bavarian and Saxon nobles.

King Edgar I gives English help to Prince Hywel in ousting his uncle, King Iago of Gwynedd from his kingdom.
A great earthquake occurs in England.^[1]

5 August – Caliph al-Muti, ill and incapacitated, is deposed and succeeded by his son al-Ta'i, dying shortly after.^[2]

The Qarmatians are defeated north of Cairo by Fatimid forces under General Jawhar al-Siqilli. He consolidates Fatimid rule and sends a legation to the Christian land of Nubia to secure the southern border of Egypt. Arab traders introduce Islam to the population, which gradually supplants Christianity.
An offensive, by the Spain-based Caliphate of Córdoba brings the Maghrebi Idrisid Dynasty to an end. Caliph Al-Hakam II maintains the supremacy of the caliphate over the kingdoms of Navarra, Castile and León.^[3]

The Liao Dynasty exchanges ambassadors with the Song Dynasty on New Years Day (Spring Festival).
The city of Fuzhou, located in Fujian province, builds new city walls.

Summer – Pope Benedict VI is imprisoned in the Castel Sant'Angelo at Rome, where he is strangled to death through the influence of the powerful Crescentii family. Crescentius I (the Elder), Italian politician and aristocrat, engineers an election and replaces Benedict with his own candidate Franco, who ascends under the title anti-Pope Boniface VII.^[4]
Fall – Boniface VII is expelled by order of Otto II and flees to Constantinople, taking the Church treasury of the Vatican Basilica along with him.^[5] He is succeeded by Benedict VII as the 135th pope of the Catholic Church.
An abbey is founded at the site of Mönchengladbach (Germany).

^ Stratton, J.M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.
^ ^a ^b Güner, Ahmet (2006). "Mutî'-Lillâh". TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol. 31 (Muhammedi̇yye – Münâzara) (in Turkish). Istanbul: Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, Centre for Islamic Studies. pp. 401–402. ISBN 978-975-389-458-6.
^ Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœr du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 42.
^ Richard P. McBrien (2000). Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to Benedict XVI, p. 186 (Harper Collins).
^ Collins, Roger (2009). Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy, Basic Books.