Editing 1083

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[[File:Alfonso VI de León y Castilla 01.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Alfonso VI of León and Castile]] (r. 1077–1109)]]
Year '''1083''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MLXXXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Europe ====
* [[January 6]] &ndash; A Castilian army, under Count [[Gonzalo Salvadórez]] and his son-in-law [[Ramiro Garcés, Lord of Calahorra]], child of the late King [[García Sánchez III of Pamplona]], enters the surrendered bastion of [[Rueda de Jalón|Rueda]], but are then treacherously set upon and killed. Gonzalo, Ramiro, and Ramiro's illegitimate half-brother [[Sancho Garcés, Lord of Uncastillo|Sancho Garcés]] are among the many nobles to lose their lives, in what will be remembered as the 'disaster' or 'treachery of Rueda'.<ref>Martínez Diez, Gonzalo (2007). ''El Cid histórico'' (in Spanish), p. 137. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. {{ISBN|978-84-08-07165-5}}.</ref>
* Summer &ndash; [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] besieges [[Pope Gregory VII]] in [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] at [[Rome]].
* October &ndash; While [[Robert Guiscard]] is in Italy, emperor [[Alexios I Komnenos]] retakes territory previously lost to the Normans, including the town of [[Kastoria]]. Several Normans, including [[Peter Aliphas]], switch sides to the Byzantines.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Venning |first1=Timothy |last2=Harris |first2=Jonathan |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |date=2006 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9780230505865 |page=416}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Venning |first1=Timothy |last2=Frankopan |first2=Peter |title=A Chronology of the Crusades |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317496434}}</ref>
* ''[[Reconquista]]'': Castilian forces under Alfonso VI reconquer [[Talavera de la Reina (Toledo)|Talavera de la Reina]] in the [[Taifa of Toledo]] (modern [[Spain]]).
* King [[Sancho Ramírez]] of [[Kingdom of Pamplona|Pamplona]] and [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]], conquers [[Graus]] (located in the [[Pyrenees]]).
* King [[William the Conqueror]] imprisons his half-brother [[Odo of Bayeux]] for planning a military expedition to [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]].

==== Africa ====
* [[Ceuta]] falls to the [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravids]], after a five-year [[siege]].<ref name="lameretlesmusulmans">Picard C. (1997). ''La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age''. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[December 1]] &ndash; [[Anna Komnene]], Byzantine princess (d. [[1153]])
* [[Florine of Burgundy]], French [[Nobility|noblewoman]] and crusader (d. [[1097]])
* [[Li Gang (Song dynasty)|Li Gang]], Chinese politician and [[Grand chancellor (China)|Grand Chancellor]] (d. [[1140]])
* [[Qadi Iyad]], Almoravid [[imam]] and chief judge (''[[qadi]]'') (d. [[1149]])
* [[Raymond du Puy]], French knight and [[List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller|Grand Master]] (d. [[1160]])
* [[Shin Panthagu]], Burmese [[Theravada|Buddhist]] monk and [[Primate (bishop)|primate]] (d. [[1174]])
* [[Viacheslav I of Kiev|Viacheslav I Vladimirovich]], Grand Prince of [[Principality of Kiev|Kiev]] (d. [[1154]])
* Approximate date
** [[Jindřich Zdík]] (or Henry Zdík), bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc|Olomouc]] (d. [[1150]])
** [[Otto IV, Count of Scheyern|Otto IV]], count palatine of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[January 6]] 
** [[Gonzalo Salvadórez]], Spanish nobleman
** [[Ramiro Garcés, Lord of Calahorra|Ramiro Garcés]], Spanish nobleman
** [[Sancho Garcés, Lord of Uncastillo|Sancho Garcés]], Spanish nobleman
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Otto of Nordheim]], duke of Bavaria
* [[September 2]] &ndash; [[Munjong of Goryeo]], Korean ruler (b. [[1019]])
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Matilda of Flanders]], queen consort of [[Kingdom of England|England]]
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[Sunjong of Goryeo]], Korean ruler (b. [[1047]])
* [[Adelelm of Jumièges]], Norman monk and [[abbot]]
* [[Basil Apokapes]] (or Apocapes), Byzantine general
* [[Ermengarde of Tonnerre]], French noblewoman
* [[Nicodemus of Palermo]], Italian bishop and saint
* [[Touzi Yiqing]], Chinese [[Zen]] Buddhist monk (d. [[1032]])
* [[Zeng Gong]], Chinese scholar and historian (b. 1019)
* Approximate date &ndash; [[Theodora Doukaina Selvo]], Venetian [[dogaressa]] (b. [[1058]])

== References ==
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