What is 972?
{{Year nav|972}} {{Year in various calendars|972}} {{Year article header|972}} == Events == * [[Otto II]] marries [[Theophanu]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] princess * [[Battle of Cedynia]] – Polish duke [[Mieszko I]] defeats [[Germany|Germans]] * [[Pope Benedict VI]] succeeds [[Pope John XIII]] as pope * [[Boleslaus II the Pious]] succeeds [[Boleslav I of Bohemia]] in [[Bohemia]] * [[Yaropolk of Kiev]] succeeds [[Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev|Sviatoslav I]] in [[Kiev]] * [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimids]] enter [[Egypt]], establish the [[Al-Azhar mosque]] in Cairo * [[Buluggin ibn Ziri]] appointed viceroy in [[Ifriqiya]], start of the [[Zirid]] dynasty * The monastery at the site of [[Peterborough Cathedral]] is rebuilt * [[Saint Eadburga]] is canonized * Emperor [[John Tzoimisces]] makes eastern [[Bulgaria]] a [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] subject * The city of [[Satu Mare]], [[Romania]] is founded == 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]] * Kuya, Japanese monk of [[Pure Land Buddhism]] (b. 903) [[Category:970s]]