1066
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 10th century · 11th century · 12th century |
Decades: | 1030s · 1040s · 1050s · 1060s · 1070s · 1080s · 1090s |
Years: | 1063 · 1064 · 1065 · 1066 · 1067 · 1068 · 1069 |
1066 by topic | |
Lists of leaders | |
State leaders | |
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Gregorian calendar | 1066 MLXVI |
Ab urbe condita | 1819 |
Armenian calendar | 515 ԹՎ ՇԺԵ |
Assyrian calendar | 5816 |
Bengali calendar | 473 |
Berber calendar | 2016 |
English Regnal year | 1 Will. 1 |
Buddhist calendar | 1610 |
Burmese calendar | 428 |
Byzantine calendar | 6574–6575 |
Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3762 or 3702 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3763 or 3703 |
Coptic calendar | 782–783 |
Discordian calendar | 2232 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1058–1059 |
Hebrew calendar | 4826–4827 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1122–1123 |
- Shaka Samvat | 987–988 |
- Kali Yuga | 4166–4167 |
Holocene calendar | 11066 |
Igbo calendar | 66–67 |
Iranian calendar | 444–445 |
Islamic calendar | 458–459 |
Japanese calendar | Jiryaku 2 (治暦2年) |
Javanese calendar | 969–971 |
Julian calendar | 1066 MLXVI |
Korean calendar | 3399 |
Minguo calendar | 846 before ROC 民前846年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −402 |
Seleucid era | 1377/1378 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1608–1609 |
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Year 1066 (MLXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The year was a turning point in English history due to the Battle of Hastings and ensuing Norman conquest of England.
Events
By area
- Norman conquest of England:
- January 5 – Edward the Confessor of York dies. The Witenagemot proclaims Harold Godwinson King of England.
- January 6 – Harold II is crowned King of England, probably in the new Westminster Abbey.
- January (approx.) – Harold marries Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar, and widow of Welsh ruler Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
- March 20 – Halley's Comet reaches perihelion. Its appearance is subsequently recorded in the Bayeux Tapestry.
- September 18 – Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands on the beaches of Scarborough and begins his invasion of England.
- September 20 – Battle of Fulford: Norwegian king Harald Hardrada defeats the northern English earls Edwin and Morcar.
- September 25 – Battle of Stamford Bridge: Word of the Battle of Fulford reaches King Harold Godwinson who decides to ride north to meet the invaders. Harold defeats Harald Hardrada and his brother Tostig Godwinson.
- September 27 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the River Somme, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
- September 28 – Duke William of Normandy lands in England at Pevensey.
- October 14 – Battle of Hastings, between King Harold II of England and Duke William of Normandy: Harold is killed by an arrow to the eye (some say he was killed by a band of Norman knights sent to assassinate him). William is victorious. This is considered the end of the Dark Ages or Early Middle Ages in England.
- December 25 – Duke William of Normandy is crowned King William I of England in Westminster Abbey.
- December 30 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
- The Republic of Genoa, jealous of the recent successes of its former allies, launches a naval assault on the Republic of Pisa.[1]
- Magnus II Haraldsson is crowned King of Norway.
- Upon the death of Stenkil, King of Sweden, two rivals named Eric battle for power in Sweden, both claiming the throne, until the next year.
- Hedeby is destroyed by a Slavic army and permanently abandoned.
- Tain becomes the first town in Scotland to be chartered as a royal burgh.
Births
- Henry, Count of Portugal (d. 1112)
- Irene Doukaina, Byzantine Empress (d. 1138)
Deaths
- January 5 – King Edward the Confessor
- September 25 – killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge:
- King Harald III of Norway (Harald Hardråde) (b. 1015),
- Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria, brother of King Harold II
- October 14 – killed at the Battle of Hastings:
- King Harold II of England
- Leofwine Godwinson, brother of King Harold II
- Gyrth Godwinson, brother of King Harold II
- November 11 – John Scotus (bishop of Mecklenburg) (b. approx. 990) – sacrificed to Radegast
Date unknown
- Stenkil, king of Sweden since 1060
- Ibn Butlan, Baghdad physician
- Imam Bayhaqi, eminent Islamic scholar
References
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