974
| Years | 
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| Millennium | 
| 1st millennium | 
| Centuries | 
| Decades | 
| Years | 
| 974 by topic | 
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| Leaders | 
| Categories | 
| 
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| Gregorian calendar | 974 CMLXXIV | 
| Ab urbe condita | 1727 | 
| Armenian calendar | 423 ԹՎ ՆԻԳ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 5724 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 895–896 | 
| Bengali calendar | 380–381 | 
| Berber calendar | 1924 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1518 | 
| Burmese calendar | 336 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6482–6483 | 
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3671 or 3464 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3672 or 3465 | 
| Coptic calendar | 690–691 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2140 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 966–967 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 4734–4735 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1030–1031 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 895–896 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4074–4075 | 
| Holocene calendar | 10974 | 
| Iranian calendar | 352–353 | 
| Islamic calendar | 363–364 | 
| Japanese calendar | Ten'en 2 (天延2年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 875–876 | 
| Julian calendar | 974 CMLXXIV | 
| Korean calendar | 3307 | 
| Minguo calendar | 938 before ROC 民前938年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −494 | 
| Seleucid era | 1285/1286 AG | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1516–1517 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1100 or 719 or −53 — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 1101 or 720 or −52 | 
Year 974 (CMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.