974: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Events

• Antipope Boniface VII succeeds Pope Benedict VI.
• The Byzantine Empire retakes Syria including Aleppo from the Abbasids.
• Al-Ta'i succeeds Al-Muti as Abbasid caliph of Baghdad.
• Fuzhou builds new city walls.
• An abbey is founded at the site of Mönchengladbach.

• Pope Benedict VI