What is 1073?
{{Year nav|1073}} {{Year in various calendars|1073}} {{Year article header|1073}} [[File:Pope Gregory VII.jpg|thumb|alt=Pope Gregory VII (c. 1015–1085) |Pope Gregory VII (c. 1015–1085)]] == Events == * [[April 22]] – [[Pope Gregory VII]] (Cardinal Hildebrand) succeeds [[Pope Alexander II]] as the 155th [[pope]]. * [[Emperor Shirakawa]] ascends the throne of Japan * [[Rabbi]] [[Yitchaki Alfassi]] finishes writing the ''Rif'', an important work of [[Jew]]ish law. * [[John IX bar Shushan]] ends term as [[Syrian Patriarch of Antioch]] * Beginning of [[Sviatoslav II of Kiev|Sviatoslav II]]'s reign as [[Rulers of Kievan Rus'|ruler of Kievan Rus]] * [[Seljuk Turks]] conquer [[Ankara]] == Births == * [[David the Builder]], King of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] * [[Margrave Leopold III]] of [[Austria]] == Deaths == * [[April 21]] – [[Pope Alexander II]] * [[June 15]] – [[Emperor Go-Sanjō]] of [[Japan]] (b. [[1034]]) * [[Zhou Dunyi]] – Neo-Confucian [[philosopher]] in [[Song Dynasty]] [[China]] [[Category:1073]]