What is 1075?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}} {{Year nav|1075}} {{Year in various calendars|1075}} {{Year article header|1075}} == Events == * February &ndash; [[Pope Gregory VII]] holds a council that publishes a decree against lay [[investiture]]. * April &ndash; [[Pope Gregory VII]] publishes the ''[[Dictatus Papae]]'' (Sayings of the Pope, aka the Dictates of Hildebrand), in which he asserts papal authority over earthly as well as spiritual rulers. * [[Revolt of the Earls]]: Three earls rebel against [[William I of England]] (William the Conqueror), in the last serious act of resistance to the [[Norman Conquest]]. * [[First Battle of Langensalza]]: [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] defeats the [[Saxons|Saxon]] nobles and subjugates [[Saxony]]. * The [[Liao Dynasty]] version of the [[Buddhist]] [[Tripitaka]] is completed (approximate date). * [[Anund Gårdske]] is removed as king of Svealand and king [[Håkan the Red]] of Gothenland makes himself king of all Sweden. * The [[Seljuk Turks]] take [[Jerusalem]] from the [[Fatimids]]. * [[Lý dynasty]] forces under [[Lý Thường Kiệt]] defend [[Vietnam]] against invasion by [[Song Dynasty]] [[China]]. * The [[Song Dynasty]] [[China|Chinese]] [[polymath]] scientist and statesman [[Shen Kuo]] solves a border dispute with the [[Liao Dynasty]] by finding old diplomatic records; he argues [[Emperor Daozong of Liao]]'s bluffs point for point during a meeting at Mt. Yongan (near modern Pingquan in [[Hebei]]), and reestablishes the Song's borders. == Births == * [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. [[1137]]) * [[Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney|Saint Magnus Erlendsson]] (d. [[1116]] or [[1117]]) * [[Adelaide del Vasto]] (d. [[1118]]) * [[Orderic Vitalis]], [[monk]] and [[historian]] (approximate date) == Deaths == * [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Ernest of Austria (Babenberg)|Ernest of Austria]] (b. [[1027]]) * [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople]] * [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Anno II, archbishop of Cologne]] * [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Edith of Wess