976
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 940s 950s 960s – 970s – 980s 990s 1000s |
| Years: | 973 974 975 – 976 – 977 978 979 |
| Gregorian calendar | 976 CMLXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1729 |
| Armenian calendar | 425 ԹՎ ՆԻԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5726 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 897–898 |
| Bengali calendar | 383 |
| Berber calendar | 1926 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1520 |
| Burmese calendar | 338 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6484–6485 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 3672 or 3612 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3673 or 3613 |
| Coptic calendar | 692–693 |
| Discordian calendar | 2142 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 968–969 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4736–4737 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1032–1033 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 897–898 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4076–4077 |
| Holocene calendar | 10976 |
| Iranian calendar | 354–355 |
| Islamic calendar | 365–366 |
| Japanese calendar | Ten'en 4 / Jōgen 1 (貞元元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 877–878 |
| Julian calendar | 976 CMLXXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3309 |
| Minguo calendar | 936 before ROC 民前936年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −492 |
| Seleucid era | 1287/1288 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1518–1519 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) 1102 or 721 or −51 — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1103 or 722 or −50 |
976 was a leap year.
Events[change | change source]
- January 10 – Basil II becomes Eastern Roman Emperor
- Brian Boru is inaugurated as King of Munster
- Samuil of Bulgaria becomes Tsar
- Yuelu Academy is founded in China