    __notoc__ year 1062 (mlxii) was a common year starting on tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == ===by place=== ====africa==== * marrakech is founded by the almoravid dynasty. * the almoravids overrun morocco and establish a kingdom stretching from spain to senegal. * the banu khurasan, vassal of the hammadid dynasty, begin to rule the north of ifriqiya.gilbert meynier (2010) l'algÃ©rie cÅur du maghreb classique. de l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). paris: la dÃ©couverte; pp.55. ====europe==== * affligem abbey, of the order of st. benedict, is founded in affligem, belgium. == births == * nicephorus bryennius, byzantine statesman (d. 1137) == deaths == * ÃlfgÄr, earl of mercia * bao zheng, chinese magistrate and mayor of kaifeng (b. 999) * al-muizz ibn badis ruler of the zirid dynasty in north africa (b.1008) == references ==  
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