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Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
Decades: | 940s 950s 960s – 970s – 980s 990s 1000s |
Years: | 975 976 977 – 978 – 979 980 981 |
Gregorian calendar | 978 CMLXXVIII |
Ab urbe condita | 1731 |
Armenian calendar | 427 ԹՎ ՆԻԷ |
Assyrian calendar | 5728 |
Balinese saka calendar | 899–900 |
Bengali calendar | 385 |
Berber calendar | 1928 |
Buddhist calendar | 1522 |
Burmese calendar | 340 |
Byzantine calendar | 6486–6487 |
Chinese calendar | 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3674 or 3614 — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3675 or 3615 |
Coptic calendar | 694–695 |
Discordian calendar | 2144 |
Ethiopian calendar | 970–971 |
Hebrew calendar | 4738–4739 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1034–1035 |
- Shaka Samvat | 899–900 |
- Kali Yuga | 4078–4079 |
Holocene calendar | 10978 |
Iranian calendar | 356–357 |
Islamic calendar | 367–368 |
Japanese calendar | Jōgen 3 / Tengen 1 (天元元年) |
Javanese calendar | 879–880 |
Julian calendar | 978 CMLXXVIII |
Korean calendar | 3311 |
Minguo calendar | 934 before ROC 民前934年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −490 |
Seleucid era | 1289/1290 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1520–1521 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1104 or 723 or −49 — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1105 or 724 or −48 |
978 (CMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 1st millennium, the 78th year of the 10th century, and the 9th year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 978, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- The revolt of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria against Otto II ends
- England's royal mint is located at Guildford
Births
[change | change source]- Princess Zoe of Byzantium, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire
- Yaroslav I the Wise, prince of Novgorod and Kiev
Deaths
[change | change source]- March 18 – King Edward the Martyr of England
- Abraham of Alexandria, Coptic pope
- Li Houzhu, last Chinese emperor of the Southern Tang