| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 974 CMLXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1727 |
| Armenian calendar | 423 ԹՎ ՆԻԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5724 |
| Bengali calendar | 381 |
| Berber calendar | 1924 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1518 |
| Burmese calendar | 336 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6482–6483 |
| Chinese calendar |
癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3670 or 3610 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 3671 or 3611 |
| 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 |
Year 974 (CMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.