What happened in 973?
Battle of Tourtour, Widukind of Corvey and Ekkehard I — among 26 events recorded in 973.
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Wars & Conflicts 3
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Battle of Tourtour
973 battle
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Basavakalyana Fort
basavakalyana fort
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Second Qarmatian invasion of Egypt
Conflict between Qarmatians and Egyptians
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People 12
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Widukind of Corvey died
10th-century Saxon chronicler
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Ekkehard I died
German writer
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Reginar III, Count of Hainaut died
Count of Hainaut (920-973)
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Kyunyeo died
Korean poet
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Muhammad ibn Yūsuf al-Warrāq died
Andalusían historian and geographer
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Al-Sari al-Raffa' died
Iraqi poet
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Melias died
Byzantine general of Armenian origin
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Al-Biruni born
Born in Kath. 11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048).
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al-Ma'arri born
Born in Ma'arrat Nu'man. Medieval Arab poet and thinker.
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Otto I the Great died
Died in Memleben. Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973.
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Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor born
Born in Bad Abbach. Holy Roman Emperor from 1014 to 1024.
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Hisham III of Córdoba born
Born in Córdoba. Last Umayyad ruler in the Al-Andalus (1026-1031).
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Architecture & Engineering 3
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San Tomà, Venice
Church building in Venice, Italy
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Parkhali
Church and monastery in Yusufeli, Artvin, Turkey
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Cheongpyeongsa
Buddhist temple in South Korea
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Empires & Countries 1
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Western Chalukya Empire founded
Western Chalukya Empire was founded, with its capital at Manyakheta.
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