| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 976 CMLXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1729 |
| Armenian calendar | 425 ԹՎ ՆԻԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5726 |
| Bengali calendar | 383 |
| Berber calendar | 1926 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1520 |
| Burmese calendar | 338 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6484–6485 |
| Chinese calendar |
乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 3672 or 3612 — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3673 or 3613 |
| Coptic calendar | 692–693 |
| Discordian calendar | 2142 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 968–969 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4736–4737 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1032–1033 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 897–898 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4076–4077 |
| Holocene calendar | 10976 |
| Iranian calendar | 354–355 |
| Islamic calendar | 365–366 |
| Japanese calendar |
Ten'en 4 / Jōgen 1 (貞元元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 877–878 |
| Julian calendar | 976 CMLXXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3309 |
| Minguo calendar | 936 before ROC 民前936年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −492 |
| Seleucid era | 1287/1288 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1518–1519 |
Year 976 (CMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.