1063

By place

Europe

• May 8 - Battle of Graus: Allied Muslim and Christian troops, under King Sancho II and Emir Ahmad al-Muqtadir, defeat the Aragonese army. King Ramiro I is killed and succeeded by his son Sancho V, as ruler of Aragon.
• Battle of Cerami: Duke Roger I leads a small Norman force, and defeats a much larger Saracen army at Cerami in Sicily.
• Summer - The Pisan fleet assaults and sacks Palermo – this in support of the Norman forces of Roger I.
• August–September: The Holy Roman Empire invades Hungary and installs Solomon as their proxy ruler.
• Duke William I claims the province of Maine and betroths his son Robert to Margaret, daughter of late Count Herbert II.

  Seljuk Empire

• Battle of Damghan: Seljuk forces under Alp Arslan defeat his brother Qutalmish who claims the throne of late Tughril, founder of the Seljuk Empire. Qutalmish flees from the battle, but his son Suleiman is taken prisoner.

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Architecture

• The Pizhi Pagoda located at Lingyan Temple in China is completed, standing at a height of 54 m tall.
• Doge Domenico I orders the construction of the present building of St Mark's Basilica at Venice.

  Religion

• Anselm, later to become archbishop of Canterbury, becomes prior at the Abbey of Bec.
• The bishopric of Olomouc is founded.