1072

1072 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1072; MLXXII
Ab urbe condita	1825
Armenian calendar	521; ԹՎ ՇԻԱ
Assyrian calendar	5822
Balinese saka calendar	993–994
Bengali calendar	479
Berber calendar	2022
English Regnal year	6 Will. 1 – 7 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar	1616
Burmese calendar	434
Byzantine calendar	6580–6581
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig); 3769 or 3562; — to —; 壬子年 (Water Rat); 3770 or 3563
Coptic calendar	788–789
Discordian calendar	2238
Ethiopian calendar	1064–1065
Hebrew calendar	4832–4833
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1128–1129
- Shaka Samvat	993–994
- Kali Yuga	4172–4173
Holocene calendar	11072
Igbo calendar	72–73
Iranian calendar	450–451
Islamic calendar	464–465
Japanese calendar	Enkyū 4; (延久４年)
Javanese calendar	976–977
Julian calendar	1072; MLXXII
Korean calendar	3405
Minguo calendar	840 before ROC; 民前840年
Nanakshahi calendar	−396
Seleucid era	1383/1384 AG
Thai solar calendar	1614–1615
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年; (female Iron-Pig); 1198 or 817 or 45; — to —; 阳水鼠年; (male Water-Rat); 1199 or 818 or 46

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century; 11th century ; 12th century;
Decades:	1050s; 1060s; 1070s ; 1080s; 1090s;
Years:	1069; 1070; 1071; 1072 ; 1073; 1074; 1075;

Year 1072 (MLXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

June 29 – Romanos IV Diogenes, deposed ruler of the Byzantine Empire, is blinded and sent into exile to the island of Proti (in the Sea of Marmara) at the Monastery of Transfiguration. A few days before his death, he receives a letter from Michael Psellos (his political advisor), congratulating him on the loss of his eyes.^[1]

January 10 – The Normans under Robert Guiscard and his brother Roger I ("Boso") conquer Palermo (after a one year siege). Roger receives the keys of the city, and Robert invests him with the title of Count of Sicily. The Emirate of Sicily rules only the southern part of the island, with Syracuse as the capital (until 1091).
January – Battle of Golpejera: King Sancho II ("the Strong") defeats the Castilian forces of his brother Alfonso VI ("the Brave") near Carrión de los Condes. Alfonso is captured, but released into exile, where he seeks refuge in the Taifa of Toledo (under the protection of his vassal, Emir Al-Mamun).
October 7 – Alfonso VI becomes king of León and Castile, following the assassination of Sancho II. He is bestowed with the title of "Emperor of Spain", and is forced by El Cid (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar), the standard-bearer of Sancho, to take an oath denying any involvement in his brother's death.

May 27 – The Accord of Winchester establishes the primacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury over the Archbishop of York, in the Church of England.
William the Conqueror, King of England, invades Scotland and receives the submission of King Malcolm III. He agrees to sign the Treaty of Abernethy.

December 15 – Sultan Alp Arslan ("Heroic Lion") dies after a 9-year reign, during his campaign in Transoxiana. He is succeeded by his 17-year-old son Malik-Shah I, who is declared new ruler of the Seljuk Empire. Qavurt, a brother of Alp Arslan, claims the Seljuk throne for himself and occupies the capital of Isfahan.

Shen Kuo, Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman, is appointed as the head official for the Bureau of Astronomy – where he begins his work with the colleague Wei Pu on accurately plotting the orbital paths of the stars, planets, and moon three times a night for a continuum of five years.
Fall – Shen Kuo is sent to supervise Wang Anshi's program of surveying the buildup of silt deposits in the Grand Canal, outside the capital city of Kaifeng. Using an original technique, Shen successfully dredges the canal and demonstrates the formidable value of the silt gathered as a fertilizer.

Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, an informative book written by Mahmud al-Kashgari about the Turks, is presented to the ruler of the Kara-Khanid Khanate.

^ John Julius Norwich (1991). Byzantium: The Apogee – The Disaster, p. 357. ISBN 0-39453779-3.

Gregorian calendar	1072 MLXXII
Ab urbe condita	1825
Armenian calendar	521 ԹՎ ՇԻԱ
Assyrian calendar	5822
Balinese saka calendar	993–994
Bengali calendar	479
Berber calendar	2022
English Regnal year	6 Will. 1 – 7 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar	1616
Burmese calendar	434
Byzantine calendar	6580–6581
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3769 or 3562 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3770 or 3563
Coptic calendar	788–789
Discordian calendar	2238
Ethiopian calendar	1064–1065
Hebrew calendar	4832–4833
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1128–1129
- Shaka Samvat	993–994
- Kali Yuga	4172–4173
Holocene calendar	11072
Igbo calendar	72–73
Iranian calendar	450–451
Islamic calendar	464–465
Japanese calendar	Enkyū 4 (延久４年)
Javanese calendar	976–977
Julian calendar	1072 MLXXII
Korean calendar	3405
Minguo calendar	840 before ROC 民前840年
Nanakshahi calendar	−396
Seleucid era	1383/1384 AG
Thai solar calendar	1614–1615
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1198 or 817 or 45 — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1199 or 818 or 46