971
| Years | 
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| Millennium | 
| 1st millennium | 
| Centuries | 
| Decades | 
| Years | 
| 971 by topic | 
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| Leaders | 
| Categories | 
| 
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| Gregorian calendar | 971 CMLXXI | 
| Ab urbe condita | 1724 | 
| Armenian calendar | 420 ԹՎ ՆԻ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 5721 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 892–893 | 
| Bengali calendar | 377–378 | 
| Berber calendar | 1921 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1515 | 
| Burmese calendar | 333 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6479–6480 | 
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 3668 or 3461 — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3669 or 3462 | 
| Coptic calendar | 687–688 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2137 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 963–964 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 4731–4732 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1027–1028 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 892–893 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4071–4072 | 
| Holocene calendar | 10971 | 
| Iranian calendar | 349–350 | 
| Islamic calendar | 360–361 | 
| Japanese calendar | Tenroku 2 (天禄2年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 872–873 | 
| Julian calendar | 971 CMLXXI | 
| Korean calendar | 3304 | 
| Minguo calendar | 941 before ROC 民前941年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −497 | 
| Seleucid era | 1282/1283 AG | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1513–1514 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1097 or 716 or −56 — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1098 or 717 or −55 | 
Year 971 (CMLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.