1063
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Gregorian calendar | 1063 MLXIII |
Ab urbe condita | 1816 |
Armenian calendar | 512 ԹՎ ՇԺԲ |
Assyrian calendar | 5813 |
Balinese saka calendar | 984–985 |
Bengali calendar | 470 |
Berber calendar | 2013 |
English Regnal year | N/A |
Buddhist calendar | 1607 |
Burmese calendar | 425 |
Byzantine calendar | 6571–6572 |
Chinese calendar | 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3759 or 3699 — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3760 or 3700 |
Coptic calendar | 779–780 |
Discordian calendar | 2229 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1055–1056 |
Hebrew calendar | 4823–4824 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1119–1120 |
- Shaka Samvat | 984–985 |
- Kali Yuga | 4163–4164 |
Holocene calendar | 11063 |
Igbo calendar | 63–64 |
Iranian calendar | 441–442 |
Islamic calendar | 454–456 |
Japanese calendar | Kōhei 6 (康平6年) |
Javanese calendar | 966–967 |
Julian calendar | 1063 MLXIII |
Korean calendar | 3396 |
Minguo calendar | 849 before ROC 民前849年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −405 |
Seleucid era | 1374/1375 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1605–1606 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1189 or 808 or 36 — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1190 or 809 or 37 |
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Year 1063 (MLXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Europe
- Giovanni Orlandi launches a successful Pisan naval assault upon Muslim-ruled Palermo, to support the ambitions of Roger of Hauteville.[1]
- May 8 – Battle of Graus: The allied Muslim and Christian troops, of the king of Castile and the emir of Zaragoza (maybe led by El Cid), defeat the Aragonese army. King Ramiro I of Aragon is killed; his son succeeds him.[2]
- Battle of Cerami (in Sicily): Roger leads a small group of invading Normans to defeat a much larger force of occupying Arab Muslims, aided by a vision of Saint George.[3]
- The River Thames in England is frozen for 14 weeks.
Asia
- Battle of Damghan (1063) (part of the Seljukid Civil War): Alp Arslan defeats Qutalmish, to succeed the late Tughril, founder of the Seljuk Empire.
By topic
Architecture
- The Pizhi Pagoda of Lingyan Temple, Shandong, China is completed, standing at a height of 54 m (177 ft) tall.
- Construction of the present building of St Mark's Basilica is begun.
Religion
- Anselm, later to become Archbishop of Canterbury, becomes prior at the Abbey of Bec.
- The Bishopric of Olomouc is founded.
Births
- Yuanwu Keqin, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1135)
- Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, Mixtec Lord and founder of the pre-Columbian city of Tututepec
Deaths
- March 21 – Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, Polish queen and saint, spouse of King Mieszko II of Poland (990–1034)
- April 30 – Emperor Renzong of Song (b. 1010)
- August 5 – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
- September 4 – Toghrül, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad
- Kutalmısh, member of the Seljukid house and contender for the throne
- King Bela I of Hungary
- King Ramiro I of Aragon
References
- ↑ Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 13. ISBN 88-8289-529-7.
- ↑ Fletcher, R. A. (1987). "Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5. 37: 31–47 [35]. JSTOR 3679149.
- ↑ Gaufredo, Malaterra. "Chapter 33, The Battle of Cerami". De Rebus Gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae Comitis et Roberti Guiscardi Ducis fratris eius. 2.
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