| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 940s 950s 960s – 970s – 980s 990s 1000s |
| Years: | 970 971 972 – 973 – 974 975 976 |
| 973 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 973 CMLXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1726 |
| Armenian calendar | 422 ԹՎ ՆԻԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -871 – -870 |
| Bengali calendar | 380 |
| Berber calendar | 1923 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1517 |
| Burmese calendar | 335 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6481 – 6482 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年十一月廿四日 (3609/3669-11-24) — to —
癸酉年十二月初四日(3610/3670-12-4) |
| Coptic calendar | 689 – 690 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 965 – 966 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4733 – 4734 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1029 – 1030 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 895 – 896 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4074 – 4075 |
| Holocene calendar | 10973 |
| Iranian calendar | 351 – 352 |
| Islamic calendar | 362 – 363 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3306 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1516 |