1073

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1040s  1050s  1060s  – 1070s –  1080s  1090s  1100s
Years:	1070 1071 1072 – 1073 – 1074 1075 1076

Pope Gregory VII (c. 1015–1085)

Events

• April 22 – Pope Gregory VII (Cardinal Hildebrand) succeeds Pope Alexander II as the 155th pope.
• Emperor Shirakawa ascends the throne of Japan
• Rabbi Yitchaki Alfassi finishes writing the Rif, an important work of Jewish law.
• John IX bar Shushan ends term as Syrian Patriarch of Antioch
• Beginning of Sviatoslav II's reign as ruler of Kievan Rus
• Seljuk Turks conquer Ankara

Births

• David the Builder, King of Georgia
• Margrave Leopold III of Austria

Deaths

• April 21 – Pope Alexander II
• June 15 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034)
• Zhou Dunyi – Neo-Confucian philosopher in Song Dynasty China