1063

Events 

 By area 

 Europe 
 Successful Pisan naval assault upon Muslim-ruled Palermo led by Giovanni Orlandi to support the ambitions of Roger of Hauteville.
 May 8 – The allied Muslim and Christian troops of the king of Castile and the emir of Zaragoza, maybe led by El Cid, defeat the Aragonese army at the battle of Graus. The king of Aragon, Ramiro I, is killed, his son succeeds him.
 The River Thames is frozen for 14 weeks.

 By topic 

 Architecture 
 The Pizhi Pagoda of Lingyan Temple, Shandong, China is completed, standing at a height of 54 m (177 ft) tall.
 The construction of present building of St Mark's Basilica is begun.

 Religion 
 Anselm, later to become Archbishop of Canterbury, becomes prior at the Abbey of Bec.
 The Bishopric of Olomouc is founded.

 Births 
 Yuanwu Keqin, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1135)
 Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, Mixtec Lord and founder of the pre-Columbian city of Tututepec.

 Deaths 
 March 21 – Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland (990–1034)
 April 30 – Emperor Renzong of Song (b. 1010)
 August 5 – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
 September 4 – Toghrül, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad
 King Bela I of Hungary
 King Ramiro I of Aragon

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