1063

1063 (MLXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1063rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 63rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 11th century, and the 4th year of the 1060s decade. As of the start of 1063, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1030s  1040s  1050s  – 1060s –  1070s  1080s  1090s
Years:	1060 1061 1062 – 1063 – 1064 1065 1066

1063 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1063 MLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1816
Armenian calendar	512 ԹՎ ՇԺԲ
Assyrian calendar	5813
Balinese saka calendar	984–985
Bengali calendar	470
Berber calendar	2013
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1607
Burmese calendar	425
Byzantine calendar	6571–6572
Chinese calendar	壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 3759 or 3699     — to — 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 3760 or 3700
Coptic calendar	779–780
Discordian calendar	2229
Ethiopian calendar	1055–1056
Hebrew calendar	4823–4824
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1119–1120
- Shaka Samvat	984–985
- Kali Yuga	4163–4164
Holocene calendar	11063
Igbo calendar	63–64
Iranian calendar	441–442
Islamic calendar	454–456
Japanese calendar	Kōhei 6 (康平６年)
Javanese calendar	966–967
Julian calendar	1063 MLXIII
Korean calendar	3396
Minguo calendar	849 before ROC 民前849年
Nanakshahi calendar	−405
Seleucid era	1374/1375 AG
Thai solar calendar	1605–1606
Tibetan calendar	阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 1189 or 808 or 36     — to — 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1190 or 809 or 37

Roger I defeats the Saracens at the Battle of Cerami (near Troina) in Sicily.

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