972 36245 210934806 2008-05-08T01:07:17Z Escarbot 1554195 robot Adding: [[gd:972]] {{year nav|972}} {{M1YearInTopic}} '''972''' was a year in the [[10th century]]. __NOTOC__ ==Events== ===By Place=== ====Europe==== * [[Otto II]] marries [[Theophanu]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] princess. * [[Battle of Cedynia]]: Polish duke [[Mieszko I]] defeats the [[Germany|German]]s. * [[Boleslaus_II_of_Bohemia|Boleslaus II the Pious]] succeeds [[Boleslav I of Bohemia|Boleslav I]] in [[Bohemia]]. * The monastery at the site of [[Peterborough Cathedral]] is rebuilt. * Emperor [[John Tzimisces]] makes eastern [[Bulgaria]] a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] dependency. * A battle between [[Estonians|Estonian]] and [[Icelanders|Icelandic]] Vikings in [[Saaremaa]] is described in ''[[Njál's saga]]''. * [[Yaropolk of Kiev]] succeeds [[Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev|Sviatoslav I]] in [[Kiev]]. ====Asia==== * The [[Song Dynasty]] Chinese government attempts to ban the practice of [[cremation]]; despite this decree, the lower and middle classes continue to cremate their dead, until the government resolves the problem in the 12th century by establishing public [[graveyard]]s for [[pauper]]s. ====Africa==== * The [[Fatimid]]s enter [[Egypt]], where they establish the city of [[Cairo]] and the [[Al-Azhar mosque]]. * [[Buluggin ibn Ziri]] is appointed viceroy in [[Ifriqiya]], starting the [[Zirid]] Dynasty. ===By Topic=== ====Religion==== * [[Pope Benedict VI]] succeeds [[Pope John XIII]] as pope. * [[Saint Eadburga]] is canonized. ==Births== * [[March 27]] — King [[Robert II of France]] (d. [[1031]]) * [[Al-Mawardi]] * [[Ermesinde of Carcassonne]], countess and regent of Barcelona (d. [[1057]]) * [[Fujiwara no Yukinari]] * [[Fulk III of Anjou]] * [[Pope Gregory V]] * [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor]] * [[Renauld I, Count of Nevers]] ==Deaths== * [[July 15]] — [[Boleslav I of Bohemia]] * [[September 6]] — [[Pope John XIII]] * [[liutprand of Cremona|Liutprand]], bishop of Cremona and historian * [[Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev]] [[Category:972]] [[af:972]] [[am:972 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:972]] [[an:972]] [[ast:972]] [[az:972]] [[bn:৯৭২]] [[map-bms:972]] [[be:972]] [[be-x-old:972]] [[bh:९७२]] [[bs:972]] [[br:972]] [[bg:972]] [[ca:972]] [[cv:972]] [[cs:972]] [[co:972]] [[cy:972]] [[da:972]] [[de:972]] [[et:972]] [[el:972]] [[es:972]] [[eo:972]] [[eu:972]] [[fr:972]] [[gd:972]] [[gl:972]] [[ko:972년]] [[hi:972]] [[hr:972.]] [[io:972]] [[bpy:মারি ৯৭২]] [[id:972]] [[it:972]] [[he:972]] [[jv:972]] [[ka:972]] [[csb:972]] [[sw:972]] [[ht:972 (almanak jilyen)]] [[la:972]] [[lb:972]] [[lmo:972]] [[hu:972]] [[mk:972]] [[mi:972]] [[mr:इ.स. ९७२]] [[ms:972]] [[nah:972]] [[nl:972]] [[new:९७२]] [[ja:972年]] [[nap:972]] [[no:972]] [[nn:972]] [[nrm:972]] [[oc:972]] [[uz:972]] [[pi:९७२]] [[pl:972]] [[pt:972]] [[ksh:Joohr 972]] [[ro:972]] [[ru:972 год]] [[sa:९७२]] [[sq:972]] [[scn:972]] [[simple:972]] [[sk:972]] [[sl:972]] [[sr:972]] [[su:972]] [[fi:972]] [[sv:972]] [[tt:972]] [[th:พ.ศ. 1515]] [[tr:972]] [[uk:972]] [[vec:972]] [[zh-yue:972年]] [[zh:972年]]