974 (CMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 974th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 974th year of the 1st millennium, the 74th year of the 10th century, and the 5th year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 974, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 9th century10th century11th century
Decades: 940s  950s  960s  – 970s –  980s  990s  1000s
Years: 971 972 973974975 976 977
974 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar974
CMLXXIV
Ab urbe condita1727
Armenian calendar423
ԹՎ ՆԻԳ
Assyrian calendar5724
Balinese saka calendar895–896
Bengali calendar381
Berber calendar1924
Buddhist calendar1518
Burmese calendar336
Byzantine calendar6482–6483
Chinese calendar癸酉(Water Rooster)
3670 or 3610
    — to —
甲戌年 (Wood Dog)
3671 or 3611
Coptic calendar690–691
Discordian calendar2140
Ethiopian calendar966–967
Hebrew calendar4734–4735
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1030–1031
 - Shaka Samvat895–896
 - Kali Yuga4074–4075
Holocene calendar10974
Iranian calendar352–353
Islamic calendar363–364
Japanese calendarTen'en 2
(天延2年)
Javanese calendar875–876
Julian calendar974
CMLXXIV
Korean calendar3307
Minguo calendar938 before ROC
民前938年
Nanakshahi calendar−494
Seleucid era1285/1286 AG
Thai solar calendar1516–1517
Tibetan calendar阴水鸡年
(female Water-Rooster)
1100 or 719 or −53
    — to —
阳木狗年
(male Wood-Dog)
1101 or 720 or −52

Events

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  • The caliph al-Muti is overthrown from the Abbasid Caliphate and replaced by his son al-Ta'i who died shortly after his son's takeover.[1]
  • An earthquake happens in England which kills 600 people.[2]
  • The city of Fuzhou starts to build new walls.

References

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  1. "MUTÎ'-LİLLÂH". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  2. Agricultural Records. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.