1073 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Cardinal Hildebrand elevated to papacy as Pope Gregory VII, succeeding Pope Alexander II
• Emperor Shirakawa ascends the throne of Japan
• Rabbi Yitchaki Alfassi finishes writing the Rif, an important work of Jewish law.
• John IX bar Shushan ends term as Syrian Patriarch of Antioch
• Beginning of Sviatoslav II's reign as ruler of Kievan Rus
• Seljuk Turks conquer Ankara

Births

• David the Builder, king of Georgia
• Leopold III of Austria, Patron saint of Austria

Deaths

• April 21 - Pope Alexander II
• Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan
• Antipope Benedict X (maybe...or died in 1080)