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1073 CE

King Sancho IV of Navarre and Ahmad al-Muqtadir, Muslim ruler of the Taifa of Zaragoza, conclude an alliance by treaty. Emperor Go-Sanjō dies after a 5-year reign and is succeeded by his 19-year-old son Shirakawa as the 72nd emperor of Japan. The Judicate of Arborea (one of the four independent kingdoms in Sardinia) is recognised by Pope Gregory VII.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • May 25 – King Sancho IV of Navarre and Ahmad al-Muqtadir, Muslim ruler of the Taifa of Zaragoza, conclude an alliance by treaty.source
  • Egyptian official Abu'l-Ala Abd al-Ghani ibn Nasr ibn Sa'id al-Dayf appointed Vizier in Egypt.source

Conflict & Security

  • Ebles II of Roucy leads a French army in Spain, to support King Sancho V of Aragon in his struggle against his Muslim neighbors.source
  • Sviatoslav II and Vsevolod I unite the Kievan forces and expel their brother Iziaslav I. Sviatoslav II becomes Grand Prince of Kiev.source

Religion & Belief

  • October 14 – The Judicate of Arborea (one of the four independent kingdoms in Sardinia) is recognised by Pope Gregory VII.source
  • John IX bar Shushan ends his term as Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.source
  • Rabbi Yitchaki Alfassi finishes writing the Rif, an important work of Jewish law.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Wang Anshi, Chinese chief chancellor of the Song dynasty, creates a new bureau of the central government (called the Directorate of Weapons), which supervises the manufacture of military armaments and ensures quality control.source

Culture & Society

  • Edgar Ætheling, last male member of the House of Wessex, joins forces with Kings Malcolm III of Scotland and Philip I of France in an attempt to take the English throne.source

Births

  • Philippa of Toulouse, French noblewoman (d. 1118)source
  • Lady Six Monkey, queen of the Mixtec city State of Huachino and queen of Jaltepec (d. 1101)source
  • Leopold III ("the Good"), margrave of Austria (d. 1136)source
  • Shaykh Tabarsi, Persian Shia scholar (d. 1153)source
  • Thomas of Marle, lord of Coucy (d. 1130)source
  • Meng, Chinese empress consort of the Song dynasty (d. 1131)source
  • Agnes of Waiblingen, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1143)source
  • Alfonso the Battler, king of Aragon (d. 1134)source
  • Al-Tighnari, Moorish botanist and physician (d. 1118)source
  • David IV ("the Builder"), king of Georgia (d. 1125)source
  • Zbigniew, duke of Poland (d. 1113?)source
  • Magnus Barefoot, king of Norway (d. 1103)source
  • Anastatius IV, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1154)source

Deaths

  • February 21 (approximate date) – Peter Damian, cardinal-bishop of Ostia (b. c. 1007)source
  • April 21 – Alexander II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1010/15)source
  • June 15 – Emperor Go-Sanjō dies after a 5-year reign and is succeeded by his 19-year-old son Shirakawa as the 72nd emperor of Japan.source
  • June 15 – Go-Sanjō, emperor of Japan (b. 1032)source
  • June 30 – Badis ibn Habus, Berber king of the Taifa of Granada (b. 1002)source
  • July 12 – John Gualbert, Italian monk, abbot and saint (b. c. 985)source
  • December 20 – Dominic of Silos, Spanish abbot (b. 1000)source
  • Pope Alexander II dies after a 11½-year pontificate at Rome. He is succeeded by Gregory VII as the 157th pope of the Catholic Church.source
  • Zhou Dunyi, Chinese philosopher and cosmologist (b. 1017)source
  • Approximate date – Barisone I of Torres, Sardinian ruler (judge) of Arboreasource
  • Anthony of Kiev, Russian monk and saint (b. 983)source