974

This page relates to the year 974 Calendrier Julien.

Events

  • June: Beginning of the Pontificate of the Antipape Boniface VII (fine in 983).

  • October: Beginning of the Pontificate of Benoit VII (fine in 983).
    • the antipape Boniface VII (Francon) strangles Benoît VI and takes his place, but flees with Constantinople with the treasure of the the Vatican on arrival of Othon II. Benoit VII, bishop of Sutri, the family of the dukes of Tusculum, replaces it and the anathématise, then helped of Othon II, calm feudal agitation in Italy.

  • Reign of Bagrat III, king of Georgia (fine in 1014). It joins together Western Georgia and Eastern Georgia, except for Tiflis.

  • Reign of Al-Ta' I, Abbasid caliph ` under the supervision of the Buyides (fine in 991)

Science & technology

  • the caliph fatimide makes build a observatory with the Cairo.

Births in 974

Death in 974

  • Rathier de Vérone author of the Praeloquia , where he seeks to develop a new design of the company.

  • June: Benoit VI

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