What is 970?
{{Year nav|970}} {{Year in various calendars|970}} {{Year article header|970}} == Events == * A major [[volcano]] erupts in [[Mashu]], [[Japan]]. * A terrible [[famine]] begins in [[France]]. * [[Eric the Victorious]] becomes the first king of Sweden. == Births == * [[Leif Ericson]], Norse explorer * [[Seyyed Razi]], important [[Muslim]] scholar and writer * [[Sitt al-Mulk]] * [[Xu Daoning]], Chinese artist == Deaths == * [[30 January]] – [[Peter I of Bulgaria]] * [[Magyars|Magyar]] leader, [[Taksony of Hungary|Taksány]] * [[Ferdinand II of Castile]] * [[Fujiwara no Saneyori]] * [[García III of Pamplona]] * [[Hatto II, Archbishop of Mainz]] * [[Menahem ben Saruq]] * [[Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople]] * [[Taksony of Hungary]] [[Category:970| ]]