1075

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ February - Pope Gregory VII holds a council that publishes a decree against lay investiture.

★ Revolt of the Earls. Rebellion of three earls against William I of England (William the Conqueror). Last serious act of resistance in the Norman Conquest.

★ First Battle of Langensalza — Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Saxon nobles and subjugates Saxony.

★ Liao Dynasty version of the Buddhist Tripitaka completed (approximate date).

★ Seljuk Turks take Jerusalem from the Fatimids.

★ Song Dynasty Chinese polymath scientist and statesman Shen Kuo solves a heated border dispute with the Liao Dynasty by dredging up old diplomatic records.

Births

★ Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1137).

★ Saint Magnus Erlendsson (d. 1116 or 1117).

★ Adelaide del Vasto (d. April 16, 1118).

★ Orderic Vitalis, monk and historian (approximate date).

Deaths

★ June 10 — Ernest of Austria (b. 1027)

★ December 4 — Anno II, archbishop of Cologne

★ December 19 — Edith of Wessex, queen of Edward the Confessor of England

★ John Xiphilinus

★ Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, King of Gwynedd