What Happened in 1075

Major Events

  • Jun 9 Battle of Langensalza: German King Henry IV defeats the Duchy of Saxony on the River Unstrut near Langensalza in Thuringia
  • Oct 8 Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned king of Croatia

Born in 1075

  • Feb 16 Orderic Vitalis, English-born French monk and chronicler (Historia Ecclesiastica), born in Atcham, Shropshire (d. c. 1142)
  • Mar 18 Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari, Muslim scholar of Persian origin, born in Zamakhshar, Khwarezmia (d. 1144)

Who Died in 1075

  • Jun 10 Ernest of Austria (b. 1027)
  • Jun 23 Theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies
  • Aug 2 John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian and patriarch of Constantinople, dies
  • Dec 4 Archbishop Anno II of Cologne
  • Dec 19 Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England



World Leaders in 1075