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

1073 by topic
Lists of leaders
State leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

April 22—Pope Gregory VII (Cardinal Hildebrand) succeeds Pope Alexander II as the 157th pope.
Emperor Shirakawa ascends to the throne of Japan.
Rabbi Yitchaki Alfassi finishes writing the Rif, an important work of Jewish law.
John IX bar Shushan ends his term as Syrian Patriarch of Antioch.
Sviatoslav II begins his reign as iruler of Kievan Rus.
The Seljuk Turks conquer Ankara.
Chancellor Wang Anshi of Song Dynasty China creates a new bureau of the central government called the Directorate of Weapons, which supervises the manufacture of military armaments and ensures quality control.