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Harold Godwine, 2nd earl of Wessex, is shipwrecked on the coast of Normandy and takes a vow to support William, duke of Normandy's claim to England (see 1065).
Norway's Harald III Hardrada and Denmark's Sweyn II Estridsen sign a peace agreement after years of conflict (see 1047).
Castile's Ferdinand I takes Coimbra from its Portuguese defenders June 9 as his armies enlarge his realm.
Hungary's new king Solomon takes Belgrade from the Byzantines.
Seljuk Turkish forces under the command of their new sultan Alp-Arslan conquer Armenia, taking the cities of Ani and Kars (see 1048; Alp-Arslan, 1063). The conquest gives Alp-Arslan's Turkmen supporters control of pasturelands on the Aras River, but they return home with their booty, delaying Alp-Arslan's plan to move against the Fatimid caliphate at Cairo (see 1071).
"Regulative granaries" established by China's emperor Ying Zong buy up surplus grain in good harvests and release stocks in times of shortage.
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This article is about the year 1064.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1030s 1040s 1050s – 1060s – 1070s 1080s 1090s |
| Years: | 1061 1062 1063 – 1064 – 1065 1066 1067 |
| 1064 by topic | |
| Lists of leaders | |
| State leaders | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1064 MLXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1817 |
| Armenian calendar | 513 ԹՎ ՇԺԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5814 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -780–-779 |
| Bengali calendar | 471 |
| Berber calendar | 2014 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1608 |
| Burmese calendar | 426 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6572–6573 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年十二月初十日 (3700/3760-12-10) — to —
甲辰年十一月廿一日(3701/3761-11-21) |
| Coptic calendar | 780–781 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1056–1057 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4824–4825 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1120–1121 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 986–987 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4165–4166 |
| Holocene calendar | 11064 |
| Iranian calendar | 442–443 |
| Islamic calendar | 456–457 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 1064 MLXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3397 |
| Minguo calendar | 848 before ROC 民前848年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1607 |
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Year 1064 (MLXIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Americas
- Sunset Crater Volcano (present-day Arizona) first erupts.
Asia
- The Seljuk Turks storm Anatolia, taking Caesarea and Ani, marking the beginning of Turkish incursions into Anatolia.
Europe
- June 9 – Coimbra is taken by King Ferdinand of Castile.
- European warriors go to Spain to participate to the siege of Barbastro. This expedition is sanctioned by the Pope and is now regarded as an early form of Crusade.[1]
- Harold II marries Edith, daughter of Ælfgār, Earl of Mercia, and widow of Welsh ruler Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
- Harold II is shipwrecked at Ponthieu, Normandy and taken captive by Count Guy.
- Construction of the Duomo at Pisa in Tuscany begins.
Births
- Borivoj II of Bohemia, a Duke of Bohemia
- Robert Fitz Richard, a Norman landowner in England
- Niels of Denmark, a King of Denmark
Deaths
- Abu Muhammad 'Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Sa`id Ibn Hazm
- Ottokar I of Styria
- Rabbi Yaakov ben Yakar
- Yi Yuanji – Chinese Northern Song painter famous for his realistic paintings of animals (b. 1000)
References
- ^ McGrank, Lawrence (1981). "Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and te principality of Tarragona 1129-55". Journal of Medieval History 7 (1): 67–82. http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.library.uu.nl/science/article/pii/0304418181900361.
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