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::callout[type=note] 1074 ::

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Spring – Norman mercenaries, led by Roussel de Bailleul, proclaim John Doukas emperor of the Byzantine Empire. His nephew, Emperor Michael VII Doukas, forms an alliance with Seljuk chieftain Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, who is raiding in the eastern regions of Anatolia. The Seljuk Turks ambush the Norman forces; Roussel and John are defeated and captured; but a ransom, raised by Roussel's wife, allows him to return to Amaseia.

February 2 – Treaty of Gerstungen: King Henry IV is forced to restore the peace with Duke Otto of Nordheim (one of the Saxon leaders of the Saxon Rebellion). He signs a treaty in Gerstungen Castle, on the River Werra in Thuringia (modern Germany).
February 7 – Battle of Montesarchio: Prince Pandulf IV, co-ruler of Benevento, is killed while fighting the Normans in southern Italy.
February 26 – Battle of Kemej: King Solomon, King of Hungary roots the army of his cousin Duke Géza with the assistance of German troops.
March 14 – Battle of Mogyoród: King Solomon is defeated by his cousins, Duke Géza I and Ladislaus I. He is dethroned and Géza becomes the new ruler of Hungary.
October 21 – The Belgium beer brand Affligem is founded.

Spring – Badr al-Jamali becomes Chief Wazir (Grand Vizier) and effectively military dictator of the Fatimid Caliphate under Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah in Egypt.

Emperor Shenzong of Song establishes a Marine Office and a Goods Control Bureau north-west of Shanghai, allowing for the loading and unloading of freight.

Pope Gregory VII temporarily excommunicates the Norman nobleman Robert Guiscard.

February 12 – Conrad II of Italy, king of Germany (d. 1101)
April – Abu Mansur Mauhub al-Jawaliqi, Arab philologist (d. 1144)
September 16 – Al-Musta'li, Fatimid caliph (d. 1101)
Ibn al-Tilmidh, Syriac physician and poet (d. 1165)
Approximate date
- Edgar ("the Valliant"), king of Scotland (d. 1107)
- Hugh I, count of Champagne
- Maud, Countess of Huntingdon, queen consort of Scotland (d. 1130)

February 7 – Pandulf IV of Benevento, Lombard prince
March 14
- Ernyei, Hungarian lord and courtier
- Vid Gutkeled, Hungarian lord and courtier (b. c. 1010)
April 25 – Herman I, margrave of Baden
May 6 – Dúnán (or Donat(us)), 1st bishop of Dublin
October 25 – Shōshi, empress of Japan (b. 988)
Ibn al-Wafid, Andalusian pharmacologist
Joseph Tarchaneiotes, Byzantine general
Peter Krešimir IV, king of Croatia (or 1075)
Ralph IV of Valois (or Raoul), French nobleman
Wugunai, Chinese chieftain (b. 1021)
Yang Wenguang, Chinese general

Brian Todd Carey (2012). ''Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare (527–1071)'', p. 155. {{ISBN. 978-1-84884-215-1.
Pauler, Gyula. (1899). "A magyar nemzet története az Árpád-házi királyok alatt, ''I.'' ''[The History of the Hungarian Nation during the Árpádian Kings, Vol. 1.]''". Athenaeum.
David Nicolle (2003). ''The First Crusade 1096–99: Conquest of the Holy Land'', p. 12. {{ISBN. 978-1-84176-515-0.
"Conrad {{!}} king of the Germans".
Pauler, Gyula. (1899). "A magyar nemzet története az Árpád-házi királyok alatt, ''I.'' ''[The History of the Hungarian Nation during the Árpádian Kings, Vol. 1.]''". Athenaeum.
Makk, Ferenc. (1994). "Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század) ''[Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th–14th centuries)]''". Akadémiai Kiadó.

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