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973| 900–1000 | Pacific [colonization] | The Polynesian ancestors of the Maori people discover and begin the settlement of New Zealand. | | 973 | India [political events] | Taila, a provincial governor, overthrows the Rashtrakuta dynasty of central India, establishing his own Chalukya dynasty. | | 6 May 973 | Saxony, Bavaria [births and deaths] | Henry II (St Henry), German king 1002–24 and Emperor 1014–24, last of the Saxon dynasty of emperors, born, probably in Albach, Bavaria (–1024). | | 7 May 973 | Saxony, Germany, Holy Roman Empire [births and deaths] | Otto I, Duke of Saxony 936–961 (as Otto II), German king 936–973, and Holy Roman Emperor 962–973, dies in Memleben, Thuringia (60). | | 7 May 973 | Germany, Holy Roman Empire [political events] | The Holy Roman Emperor and German king, Otto I the Great dies, and is succeeded in both positions by his son, Otto II. |
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