978 (CMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 1st millennium, the 78th year of the 10th century, and the 9th year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 978, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 9th century10th century11th century
Decades: 940s  950s  960s  – 970s –  980s  990s  1000s
Years: 975 976 977978979 980 981
978 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar978
CMLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita1731
Armenian calendar427
ԹՎ ՆԻԷ
Assyrian calendar5728
Balinese saka calendar899–900
Bengali calendar385
Berber calendar1928
Buddhist calendar1522
Burmese calendar340
Byzantine calendar6486–6487
Chinese calendar丁丑(Fire Ox)
3674 or 3614
    — to —
戊寅年 (Earth Tiger)
3675 or 3615
Coptic calendar694–695
Discordian calendar2144
Ethiopian calendar970–971
Hebrew calendar4738–4739
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1034–1035
 - Shaka Samvat899–900
 - Kali Yuga4078–4079
Holocene calendar10978
Iranian calendar356–357
Islamic calendar367–368
Japanese calendarJōgen 3 / Tengen 1
(天元元年)
Javanese calendar879–880
Julian calendar978
CMLXXVIII
Korean calendar3311
Minguo calendar934 before ROC
民前934年
Nanakshahi calendar−490
Seleucid era1289/1290 AG
Thai solar calendar1520–1521
Tibetan calendar阴火牛年
(female Fire-Ox)
1104 or 723 or −49
    — to —
阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
1105 or 724 or −48

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