1072

1072 (MLXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1072nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 72nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 11th century, and the 3rd year of the 1070s decade. As of the start of 1072, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

1072 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1072 MLXXII
Ab urbe condita	1825
Armenian calendar	521 ԹՎ ՇԻԱ
Assyrian calendar	5822
Balinese saka calendar	993–994
Bengali calendar	479
Berber calendar	2022
English Regnal year	6 Will. 1 – 7 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar	1616
Burmese calendar	434
Byzantine calendar	6580–6581
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3768 or 3708     — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3769 or 3709
Coptic calendar	788–789
Discordian calendar	2238
Ethiopian calendar	1064–1065
Hebrew calendar	4832–4833
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1128–1129
- Shaka Samvat	993–994
- Kali Yuga	4172–4173
Holocene calendar	11072
Igbo calendar	72–73
Iranian calendar	450–451
Islamic calendar	464–465
Japanese calendar	Enkyū 4 (延久４年)
Javanese calendar	976–977
Julian calendar	1072 MLXXII
Korean calendar	3405
Minguo calendar	840 before ROC 民前840年
Nanakshahi calendar	−396
Seleucid era	1383/1384 AG
Thai solar calendar	1614–1615
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Iron-Boar) 1198 or 817 or 45     — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Water-Rat) 1199 or 818 or 46

Events

• William I of England invades Scotland, and also receives the submission of Hereward the Wake.
• Osbern FitzOsbern becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• January 10 – Normans conquer Palermo in Sicily.