What is 973?
{{Year nav|973}} {{Year in various calendars|973}} {{Year article header|973}} == Events == Caliph [[Al-Mu'izz]] moves the capital of the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] to [[Cairo]] in [[Egypt]] from [[Tunis|Tunisia]]. Pope Benedict VI becomes the 134th pope of the [[Catholic Church]]. He is put in Rome with the permission of Otto I and becomes the puppet ruler of the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Keepers of the keys of heaven: A History of the Papacy}}</ref> The emperor Otto I dies in [[Germany]] after ruling for 37 years. His son Otto II takes his place at 18 year old who makes the government of the Roman Empire into a [[autocracy]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III|isbn=978-0-521-36447-8}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:973| ]]