Year 1073 (MLXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
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By place
Byzantine Empire
Europe
Britain
Asia
- Wang Anshi, Chinese chief chancellor of the Song dynasty, creates a new bureau of the central government (called the Directorate of Weapons), which supervises the manufacture of military armaments and ensures quality control.
- June 15 – Emperor Emperor Go-SanjÃ
 dies after a 5-year reign and is succeeded by his 19-year-old son Shirakawa as the 72nd emperor of Japan.
By topic
Religion
Births
- David IV ("the Builder"), king of Georgia (d. 1125)
- Leopold III ("the Good"), margrave of Austria (d. 1136)
- Magnus Barefoot, king of Norway (d. 1103)
- Meng, Chinese empress consort of the Song dynasty (d. 1131)
- Shaykh Tabarsi, Persian Shia scholar (d. 1153)
- Thomas of Marle, lord of Coucy (d. 1130)
- Approximate date
- Agnes of Waiblingen, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1143)
- Alfonso the Battler, king of Aragon (d. 1134)
- Al-Tighnari, Moorish botanist and physician (d. 1118)
- Anastatius IV, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1154)
- Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, French noblewoman (d. 1118)
- Zbigniew, duke of Poland (d. 1113?)
- Lady Six Monkey, queen of the Mixtec city State of Huachino and queen of Jaltepec (d. 1101)
Deaths
- February 21 (approximate date) – Peter Damian, cardinal-bishop of Ostia (b. c. 1007)
- April 21 – Alexander II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1010/15)
- June 15 – Go-SanjÃ
Â, emperor of Japan (b. 1032)
- June 30 – Badis ibn Habus, Berber king of the Taifa of Granada (b. 1002)
- July 12 – John Gualbert, Italian monk, abbot and saint (b. c. 985)
- December 20 – Dominic of Silos, Spanish abbot (b. 1000)
- Anthony of Kiev, Russian monk and saint (b. 983)
- Zhou Dunyi, Chinese philosopher and cosmologist (b. 1017)
- Approximate date – Barisone I of Torres, Sardinian ruler (judge) of Arborea
References