1063
This article is about the year 1063. For the number, see 1063 (number).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1030s 1040s 1050s – 1060s – 1070s 1080s 1090s |
| Years: | 1060 1061 1062 – 1063 – 1064 1065 1066 |
| 1063 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1063 MLXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1816 |
| Armenian calendar | 512 ԹՎ ՇԺԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5813 |
| 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 | 985–986 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4164–4165 |
| Holocene calendar | 11063 |
| Igbo calendar | 63–64 |
| Iranian calendar | 441–442 |
| Islamic calendar | 454–456 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōhei 6 (康平６年) |
| Julian calendar | 1063 MLXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3396 |
| Minguo calendar | 849 before ROC 民前849年 |
| Seleucid era | 1374/1375 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1605–1606 |
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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
- Successful Pisan naval assault upon Muslim-ruled Palermo led by Giovanni Orlandi to support the ambitions of Roger of Hauteville.[1]
- May 8 – 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 at the battle of Graus. The king of Aragon, Ramiro I, 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) a part of Seljukid civil war
By topic
Architecture
- The Pizhi Pagoda of Lingyan Temple, Shandong, China is completed, standing at a height of 54 m (177 ft) tall.
- The construction of 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, wife 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
- December 7 – Kutalmısh, a member of Seljukid house and the condender to 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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