972
972 was a year in the 10th century.
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Europe
 Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess.
Battle of Cedynia: Polish duke Mieszko I defeats the Germans.
Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I in Bohemia.
The monastery at the site of Peterborough Cathedral is rebuilt.
Emperor John Tzimisces makes eastern Bulgaria a Byzantine dependency.
A battle between Estonian and Icelandic Vikings in Saaremaa is described in Njál's saga.
Yaropolk of Kiev succeeds Sviatoslav I in Kiev.
Asia
The Song Dynasty Chinese government attempts to ban the practice of cremation; despite this decree, the lower and middle classes continue to cremate their dead, until the government resolves the problem in the 12th century by establishing public graveyards for paupers.
Africa
The Fatimids enter Egypt, where they establish the city of Cairo and the Al-Azhar mosque.
Buluggin ibn Ziri is appointed viceroy in Ifriqiya, starting the Zirid Dynasty.
Religion
Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as pope.
Saint Eadburga is canonized.
Births
March 27 — King Robert II of France (d. 1031)
Al-Mawardi
Ermesinde of Carcassonne, countess and regent of Barcelona (d. 1057)
Fujiwara no Yukinari
Fulk III of Anjou
Pope Gregory V
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Renauld I, Count of Nevers
Deaths
July 15 — Boleslav I of Bohemia
September 6 — Pope John XIII
Liutprand, bishop of Cremona and historian
Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev
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