Year 973 (CMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 1st millennium
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973 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar973
CMLXXIII
Ab urbe condita1726
Armenian calendar422
ԹՎ ՆԻԲ
Assyrian calendar5723
Balinese saka calendar894–895
Bengali calendar380
Berber calendar1923
Buddhist calendar1517
Burmese calendar335
Byzantine calendar6481–6482
Chinese calendar壬申年 (Water Monkey)
3670 or 3463
    — to —
癸酉年 (Water Rooster)
3671 or 3464
Coptic calendar689–690
Discordian calendar2139
Ethiopian calendar965–966
Hebrew calendar4733–4734
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1029–1030
 - Shaka Samvat894–895
 - Kali Yuga4073–4074
Holocene calendar10973
Iranian calendar351–352
Islamic calendar362–363
Japanese calendarTenroku 4 / Ten'en 1
(天延元年)
Javanese calendar874–875
Julian calendar973
CMLXXIII
Korean calendar3306
Minguo calendar939 before ROC
民前939年
Nanakshahi calendar−495
Seleucid era1284/1285 AG
Thai solar calendar1515–1516
Tibetan calendar阳水猴年
(male Water-Monkey)
1099 or 718 or −54
    — to —
阴水鸡年
(female Water-Rooster)
1100 or 719 or −53
Otto II is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.

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Byzantine Empire edit

  • Spring – The Byzantine army, led by General Melias (Domestic of the Schools in the East), continues the operations in Upper Mesopotamia.
  • July: Melias moves against Amida (modern Turkey). He defeats the Arabs outside the walls, and begins to lay siege to the city. After a few days, a violent wind and a thick dust spreads over the Byzantine camp. Covered by the dust, the Arabs attack and route the Byzantines. Many of them are slaughtered and some, including Melias, are taken prisoner. Previous Byzantine gains in the area are lost. The wounded Melias dies later in captivity.

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References edit

  1. ^ Reuter, Timothy (1999). The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, p. 254. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8.
  2. ^ Roger Collins (2009). Keepers of the keys of heaven: A History of the Papacy, p. 187 (Basic Books).