1063

Year 1063 (MLXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

1063 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1063 MLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1816
Armenian calendar	512 ԹՎ ՇԺԲ
Assyrian calendar	5813
Balinese saka calendar	984–985
Bengali calendar	469–470
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) 3760 or 3553     — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3761 or 3554
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	ཆུ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Water-Tiger) 1189 or 808 or 36     — to — ཆུ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Water-Hare) 1190 or 809 or 37

Duke Roger I defeats the Saracens at the Battle of Cerami (near Troina) in Sicily.

Events

By place

Europe

• May 8 – Battle of Graus: Allied Muslim and Christian troops, under King Sancho II (the Strong) and Emir Ahmad al-Muqtadir (maybe led by El Cid), defeat the Aragonese army. King Ramiro I is killed and succeeded by his son Sancho V, as ruler of Aragon.^[1]
• Battle of Cerami: Duke Roger I leads a small Norman force (supported by 136 mounted knights), and defeats a much larger Saracen army (35,000 men) at Cerami (near Troina) in Sicily.^[2]
• Summer – The Pisan fleet assaults and sacks Palermo (controlled by the Saracens) – this in support of the Norman forces of Roger I.^[3]
• August–September: The Holy Roman Empire invades Hungary and installs Solomon as their proxy ruler.^[4]
• Duke William I (the Bastard) claims the province of Maine and betroths his son Robert to Margaret, daughter of late Count Herbert II.

Seljuk Empire

• Battle of Damghan: Seljuk forces under Alp Arslan defeat his brother Qutalmish who claims the throne of late Tughril, founder of the Seljuk Empire. Qutalmish flees from the battle, but his son Suleiman is taken prisoner.^[5]

By topic

Architecture

• The Pizhi Pagoda located at Lingyan Temple (Shandong province) in China is completed, standing at a height of 54 m (177 ft) tall.
• Doge Domenico I orders the construction of the present building of St Mark's Basilica at Venice (approximate date).

Religion

• Anselm, later to become archbishop of Canterbury, becomes prior at the Abbey of Bec (approximate date).
• The bishopric of Olomouc (located on the River Morava) is founded (modern Czech Republic).

Births

• Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (or 8 Deer), Mixtec ruler (d. 1115)
• Yuanwu Keqin, Chinese Chan Buddhist monk (d. 1135)

Deaths

• March 21 – Richeza of Lotharingia, queen of Poland
• April 30 – Ren Zong, emperor of the Song Dynasty (b. 1010)
• May 8 – Ramiro I, king of Aragon (House of Jiménez)
• August 5 – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, king of Gwynedd
• August 9 – Constantine III, Byzantine patriarch
• September 3 – Henry II, archbishop of Augsburg
• September 4 – Tughril, sultan of the Seljuk Empire (b. 990)
• September 11 – Béla I (the Champion), king of Hungary
• December 7 – Qutalmish, prince of the Seljuk Empire
• Gotebald (or Gotebold), patriarch of Aquileia
• Hedwig (or Advisa), countess of Nevers
• Hilduin IV, count of Montdidier and Roucy
• Pang Ji, Chinese official and chancellor (b. 988)
• Sudislav Vladimirovich, prins of Pskov
• Sylvester III, pope of the Catholic Church