Editing 1062

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[[File:Wales 1039-63 (Gruffudd ap Llywelyn).svg|upright=1.35|thumb|Map of [[Wales]] during the reign of [[Gruffydd ap Llywelyn]] (r. 1039–1063).{{legend|#87de87|Gruffydd ap Llywelyn's kingdom}}]]
Year '''1062''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MLXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Coup of Kaiserswerth]]: The 11-year-old King [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV]] is abducted, as a result of a conspiracy of German [[Nobility|nobles]] led by [[Anno II]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne|Cologne]]. Henry's education and training is supervised by Anno, who acts as his [[regent]] and is called his ''magister'' (his "master" or "teacher"). Empress [[Agnes of Poitou]] (Henry's mother) resigns the throne, and Anno with the archbishops [[Siegfried I (archbishop of Mainz)|Siegfried I]] and [[Adalbert of Hamburg]] takes her place.<ref>Jonathan Riley-Smith (2004). ''The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume IV – Part II (c. 1024–c. 1198)'', p. 54. {{ISBN|978-0-521-41411-1}}.</ref>

==== Britain ====
* Winter &ndash; [[Harold Godwinson]] leads a successful campaign against King [[Gruffydd ap Llywelyn]]. He attacks and captures [[Rhuddlan Castle]] in northern [[Wales]], but Gruffydd manages to escape.

==== Africa ====
* The [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravids]] overrun modern-day [[Morocco]], and establish an intercontinental kingdom, stretching from [[Spain]] to [[Senegal]].
* The [[Khurasanid dynasty|Banu Khurasan]], a vassal of the [[Hammadid dynasty|Hammdid Dynasty]], begin to rule the north of [[Ifriqiya]] (modern [[Tunisia]]).<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010). ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 55.</ref>
* [[Marrakech]] is founded by the Almoravids which becomes their capital.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Affligem Abbey]], of the [[Benedictines|Order of St. Benedict]], is founded in [[Affligem]] (modern [[Belgium]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weir |first=Alison |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mJbUDQAAQBAJ&dq=%221062%22+%22Affligem+Abbey%22&pg=PT244 |title=Queens of the Conquest: The extraordinary women who changed the course of English history 1066–1167 |date=September 28, 2017 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-4735-2331-9 |language=en}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Bjørn Svendsen]], Danish [[Nobility|nobleman]] (approximate date)
* [[Fujiwara no Moromichi]], Japanese nobleman (d. [[1099]])
* [[Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger|Nicephorus Bryennius]], Byzantine statesman (d. [[1137]])
* [[Nikephoros Komnenos (brother of Alexios I)|Nicephorus Komnenos]], Byzantine aristocrat

== Deaths ==
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Adelaide of Hungary]], German duchess 
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Atenulf I of Gaeta|Atenulf I]], Lombard nobleman
* [[March 9]] &ndash; [[Herbert II, Count of Maine|Herbert II]], French nobleman
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Bao Zheng]], Chinese politician (b. [[AD 999|999]])
* [[October 22]] 
** [[Abe no Sadato]], Japanese nobleman
** [[Fujiwara no Tsunekiyo]], Japanese nobleman 
* [[Abu Mansur Fulad Sutun]], Buyid emir of [[Fars province|Fars]]
* [[Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis]], Zirid ruler of [[Ifriqiya]] (b. [[1008]])
* [[Al-Quda'i]], Fatimid preacher and historian 
* [[Emma of Provence]], French noblewoman
* [[Geoffrey I of Provence|Geoffrey I]], French nobleman (approximate date)
* [[Mu'izz al-Dawla Thimal]], Mirdasid emir of [[Aleppo]]
* [[Nissim ben Jacob]], Tunisian Jewish rabbi (b. [[990]])
* [[William, Margrave of Meissen|William IV]], count of [[Weimar]] and [[Orlamünde]]
* [[Ibn al-Timnah]], Emir of Syracuse

== References ==
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