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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, King of Hungary routs 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
- Pope Gregory VII temporarily excommunicates the Norman nobleman Robert Guiscard.
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
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
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- ^ Brian Todd Carey (2012). Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare (527–1071), p. 155. Template:ISBN.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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 magyar). Athenaeum. p. 124.
- ^ David Nicolle (2003). The First Crusade 1096–99: Conquest of the Holy Land, p. 12. Template:ISBN.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Conrad | king of the Germans". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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 magyar). Athenaeum. p. 127.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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 magyar). Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 729. ISBN 963-05-6722-9.
