1060
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1030s 1040s 1050s – 1060s – 1070s 1080s 1090s |
| Years: | 1057 1058 1059 – 1060 – 1061 1062 1063 |
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[edit] Events
- May—The Norman leader Robert Guiscard conquers Taranto.
- October—The Byzantine army defeats the Normans and enters Taranto.
- The compilation of the New Book of Tang is completed under a team of scholars led by Ouyang Xiu.
- Chinese poet, calligrapher, and official Cai Xiang publishes his Cha Lu (Record of Tea).
- Spanish Jew Benjamin of Tudela reports that Constantinople has merchant communities from Babylon, Canaan, Egypt, Hungary, Persia, Russia, Sennar, and Spain as well as 2,000 Jews (approximate date).
- Philip I of France begins his reign.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- King Andrew I of Hungary (b. 1015)
- August 4—King Henry I of France (b. 1008)
- November 14—Count Geoffrey II of Anjou
- Mei Yaochen, Chinese poet
