1064

February 2011 1064 1064 upright=1.35|thumb|The Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa (Italy) Year 1064 (MLXIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe Summer – King Ferdinand I (the Great) conquers more territory in modern-day Portugal and captures Coimbra. He appoints Sisnando Davides to reorganise the economy and administer the lands encircling the city. European warriors go to Spain, to participate in the siege of Barbastro. This expedition is sanctioned by Pope Alexander II – and is now regarded as an early form of Crusade.McGrank Lawrence Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and te principality of Tarragona 1129-55 Journal of Medieval History 1981 7 1 67–82 10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1 Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, is shipwrecked on the shores of Ponthieu (Normandy). He is captured by Count Guy I who takes him as hostage to his castle of Beaurian. Duke William I (the Bastard) demands the release of Harold Godwinson from Guy I (after a ransom being paid). Harold must swear an oath to aid William to the throne of England. Kings Harald Hardrada of Norway and Sweyn II of Denmark agree to a peace agreement. Harald turns his attentions to England where he believes he has a right to the throne. Seljuk Empire April 27 – Alp Arslan succeeds to the throne, as sultan of the Seljuk Empire. He becomes sole ruler of Persia from the river Oxus to the Tigris. The Seljuk Turks under Alp Arslan invade Anatolia, and capture Ani after a siege of 25-days. He sacks the city and slaughters its citizens.Baynes, T.S. (2008). Anni, Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 72. Badr al-Jamali, Fatimid governor of Syria, tries to engineer a pro-Fatimid coup in Aleppo; but the rebellion is suppressed by Musa Yabgu.David Nicolle (2013). Osprey: Manzikert 1071: The breaking of Byzantium, p. 20. 978-1-78096-503-1. Asia King Bagrat IV of Georgia captures the fortress city of Samshvilde, the capital of the neighboring Tashir-Dzoraget. Mesoamerica January 4 – The Aztecs migrate from Aztlán to the southern lands in central Mexico.Anales de Tlatelolco, Rafael Tena INAH–CONACULTA 2004, p. 55. By topic Religion Winter – Great German Pilgrimage: Archbishop Siegfried I of Mainz leads a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Either during this pilgrimage or shortly before it, the Ezzolied; a High German poem on the life of Jesus, is composed. Michaelsberg Abbey at Siegburg (modern Germany) is founded by Anno II, archbishop of Cologne. Construction of the Piazza dei Miracoli (known as Piazza del Duomo) at Pisa in Tuscany begins. Volcanology Sunset Crater Volcano (modern-day Arizona) first erupts (approximate date) Births Adela of Flanders, queen of Denmark (approximate date) Beatrice I, countess of Bigorre (approximate date) Bořivoj II (or Borivoi), duke of Bohemia (approximate date) Danxia Zichun, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1117) Hugh of Flavigny, French abbot (approximate date) Robert Fitz Richard, English nobleman (d. 1136) Deaths August 15 – Ibn Hazm, Andalusian historian and poet (b. 994) November 29 – Al-Kunduri, vizier of the Seljuk Empire (b. 1024) December 19 – Fujiwara no Nagaie, Japanese nobleman (b. 1005) Akkadevi, princess of the Chalukya dynasty (b. 1010) Dromtön, Tibetan monk and founder of Reting Monastery Dub dá Leithe (or Dubhdalethe), Irish abbot Gozelo I (or Gozelon), count of Montaigu Llywelyn Aurdorchog, Welsh nobleman (approximate date) Yaakov ben Yakar, German Jewish rabbi (b. 990) Yi Yuanji, Chinese painter (approximate date) References