1063
Appearance
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 |
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 |
1063 (MLXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1063rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 63rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 11th century, and the 4th year of the 1060s decade. As of the start of 1063, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
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Events
[change | change source]By area
[change | change source]Europe
[change | change source]- 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]
- The River Thames is frozen for 14 weeks.
By topic
[change | change source]Architecture
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- Anselm, later to become Archbishop of Canterbury, becomes prior at the Abbey of Bec.
- The Bishopric of Olomouc is founded.
Births
[change | change source]- Yuanwu Keqin, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1135)
- Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, Mixtec Lord and founder of the pre-Columbian city of Tututepec.
Deaths
[change | change source]- 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
- King Bela I of Hungary
- King Ramiro I of Aragon
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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: 35. doi:10.2307/3679149. JSTOR 3679149. S2CID 154629568.