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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century 11th century 12th century
Decades:	1050s 1060s 1070s 1080s 1090s
Years:	1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077

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1074 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1074 MLXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1827
Armenian calendar	523 ԹՎ ՇԻԳ
Assyrian calendar	5824
Balinese saka calendar	995–996
Bengali calendar	481
Berber calendar	2024
English Regnal year	8 Will. 1 – 9 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar	1618
Burmese calendar	436
Byzantine calendar	6582–6583
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3771 or 3564 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 3772 or 3565
Coptic calendar	790–791
Discordian calendar	2240
Ethiopian calendar	1066–1067
Hebrew calendar	4834–4835
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1130–1131
- Shaka Samvat	995–996
- Kali Yuga	4174–4175
Holocene calendar	11074
Igbo calendar	74–75
Iranian calendar	452–453
Islamic calendar	466–467
Japanese calendar	Enkyū 6 / Jōhō 1 (承保元年)
Javanese calendar	978–979
Julian calendar	1074 MLXXIV
Korean calendar	3407
Minguo calendar	838 before ROC 民前838年
Nanakshahi calendar	−394
Seleucid era	1385/1386 AG
Thai solar calendar	1616–1617
Tibetan calendar	阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 1200 or 819 or 47 — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 1201 or 820 or 48

Year 1074 (MLXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

Spring – Norman mercenaries, led by Roussel de Bailleul, proclaim John Doukas emperor of the Byzantine Empire. His nephew, Emperor Michael VII (Doukas), forms an alliance with Seljuk chieftain Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, who is raiding in the eastern regions of Anatolia. The Seljuk Turks ambush the Norman forces; Roussel and John are defeated and captured. But a ransom, raised by Roussel's wife, allows him to return to Amaseia.^[1]

February 2 – Treaty of Gerstungen: Emperor Henry IV is forced to restore the peace with Duke Otto of Nordheim (one of the Saxon leaders of the Saxon Rebellion). He signs a treaty in Gerstungen Castle, on the River Werra in Thuringia (modern Germany).
February 7 – Battle of Montesarchio: Prince Pandulf IV, co-ruler of Benevento, is killed while fighting the Normans in southern Italy.
March 14 – Battle of Mogyoród: King Solomon is defeated by his cousins, Duke Géza I and Ladislaus I. He is dethroned and Géza becomes the new ruler of Hungary.
October 21 – The Belgium beer brand Affligem is founded.

Spring – Badr al-Jamali becomes Chief Wazir (Grand Vizier) and effectively military dictator of the Fatimid Caliphate under Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah in Egypt.^[2]

Emperor Shen Zong of the Song Dynasty establishes a Marine Office and a Goods Control Bureau north-west of Shanghai, allowing for the loading and unloading of freight.

Pope Gregory VII temporarily excommunicates the Norman nobleman Robert Guiscard.

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