1074

1074 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1074
MLXXIV
Ab urbe condita1827
Armenian calendar523
ԹՎ ՇԻԳ
Assyrian calendar5824
Balinese saka calendar995–996
Bengali calendar480–481
Berber calendar2024
English Regnal yearWill. 1 – 9 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar1618
Burmese calendar436
Byzantine calendar6582–6583
Chinese calendar癸丑年 (Water Ox)
3771 or 3564
    — to —
甲寅年 (Wood Tiger)
3772 or 3565
Coptic calendar790–791
Discordian calendar2240
Ethiopian calendar1066–1067
Hebrew calendar4834–4835
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1130–1131
 - Shaka Samvat995–996
 - Kali Yuga4174–4175
Holocene calendar11074
Igbo calendar74–75
Iranian calendar452–453
Islamic calendar466–467
Japanese calendarEnkyū 6 / Jōhō 1
(承保元年)
Javanese calendar978–979
Julian calendar1074
MLXXIV
Korean calendar3407
Minguo calendar838 before ROC
民前838年
Nanakshahi calendar−394
Seleucid era1385/1386 AG
Thai solar calendar1616–1617
Tibetan calendarཆུ་མོ་གླང་ལོ་
(female Water-Ox)
1200 or 819 or 47
    — to —
ཤིང་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་
(male Wood-Tiger)
1201 or 820 or 48
King Géza I of Hungary (c. 1040–1077)

Year 1074 (MLXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

  • Spring – Norman mercenaries, led by Roussel de Bailleul, proclaim John Doukas emperor of the Byzantine Empire. His nephew, Emperor Michael VII Doukas, forms an alliance with Seljuk chieftain Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, who is raiding in the eastern regions of Anatolia. The Seljuk Turks ambush the Norman forces; Roussel and John are defeated and captured; but a ransom, raised by Roussel's wife, allows him to return to Amaseia.[1]

Europe

  • February 2 – Treaty of Gerstungen: King Henry IV is forced to restore the peace with Duke Otto of Nordheim (one of the Saxon leaders of the Saxon Rebellion). He signs a treaty in Gerstungen Castle, on the River Werra in Thuringia (modern Germany).
  • February 7 – Battle of Montesarchio: Prince Pandulf IV, co-ruler of Benevento, is killed while fighting the Normans in southern Italy.
  • February 26 – Battle of Kemej: King Solomon roots the army of his cousin Duke Géza with the assistance of German troops.[2]
  • March 14 – Battle of Mogyoród: King Solomon is defeated by his cousins, Duke Géza I and Ladislaus I. He is dethroned and Géza becomes the new ruler of Hungary.
  • October 21 – The Belgium beer brand Affligem is founded.

Africa

  • Spring – Badr al-Jamali becomes Chief Wazir (Grand Vizier) and effectively military dictator of the Fatimid Caliphate under Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah in Egypt.[3]

China

  • Emperor Shenzong of Song establishes a Marine Office and a Goods Control Bureau north-west of Shanghai, allowing for the loading and unloading of freight.

By topic

Religion

Births

  • February 12 – Conrad II of Italy, king of Germany (d. 1101)[4]
  • April – Abu Mansur Mauhub al-Jawaliqi, Arab philologist (d. 1144)
  • September 16 – Al-Musta'li, Fatimid caliph (d. 1101)
  • Ibn al-Tilmidh, Syriac physician and poet (d. 1165)
  • Approximate date
    • Edgar ("the Valliant"), king of Scotland (d. 1107)
    • Hugh I, count of Champagne
    • Maud, Countess of Huntingdon, queen consort of Scotland (d. 1130)

Deaths

  • February 7 – Pandulf IV of Benevento, Lombard prince
  • March 14
    • Ernyei, Hungarian lord and courtier[5]
    • Vid Gutkeled, Hungarian lord and courtier (b. c. 1010)[6]
  • April 25 – Herman I, margrave of Baden
  • May 6 – Dúnán (or Donat(us)), 1st bishop of Dublin
  • October 25 – Shōshi, empress of Japan (b. 988)
  • Ibn al-Wafid, Andalusian pharmacologist
  • Joseph Tarchaneiotes, Byzantine general
  • Peter Krešimir IV, king of Croatia (or 1075)
  • Ralph IV of Valois (or Raoul), French nobleman
  • Wugunai, Chinese chieftain (b. 1021)
  • Yang Wenguang, Chinese general

References

  1. ^ Brian Todd Carey (2012). Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare (527–1071), p. 155. ISBN 978-1-84884-215-1.
  2. ^ Pauler, Gyula (1899). A magyar nemzet története az Árpád-házi királyok alatt, I. [The History of the Hungarian Nation during the Árpádian Kings, Vol. 1.] (in Hungarian). Athenaeum. p. 124.
  3. ^ David Nicolle (2003). The First Crusade 1096–99: Conquest of the Holy Land, p. 12. ISBN 978-1-84176-515-0.
  4. ^ "Conrad | king of the Germans". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Pauler, Gyula (1899). A magyar nemzet története az Árpád-házi királyok alatt, I. [The History of the Hungarian Nation during the Árpádian Kings, Vol. 1.] (in Hungarian). Athenaeum. p. 127.
  6. ^ Makk, Ferenc (1994). "Vid". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc (eds.). Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század) [Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th–14th centuries)] (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 729. ISBN 963-05-6722-9.