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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;"\n|- \n| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
968 969 970 971 - 972 - 973 974 975 976\n|-\n| align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
940s 950s 960s - 970s - 980s 990s 1000s\n|- \n| align="center" | Centuries:
9th century - 10th century - 11th century\n|}

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

\n* Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess.\n* Battle of Cedynia - Polish duke Mieszko I defeats Germanss.\n* Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as pope.\n* Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I of Bohemia in Bohemia.\n* Yaropolk of Kiev succeeds Sviatoslav I in Kiev.\n* Fatimids enter Egypt.\n* The monastery at the site of Peterborough Cathedral is rebuilt.\n* Saint Eadburga is canonized.

Births

\n* March 27 - Robert II of France

Deaths

\n* September 6 - Pope John XIII\n* Boleslav I of Bohemia\n* Liutprand, bishop of Cremona and historian\n* Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n