1066

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Years:	1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069

1066 by topic
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1066 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1066 MLXVI
Ab urbe condita	1819
Armenian calendar	515 ԹՎ ՇԺԵ
Assyrian calendar	5816
Balinese saka calendar	987–988
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
Tibetan calendar	阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1192 or 811 or 39     — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1193 or 812 or 40

Scene from the Battle of Hastings as represented in the Bayeux Tapestry.

For other uses, see 1066 (disambiguation).

1066 (MLXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Events

• 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.
  • 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.
• Magnus II Harald's son 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 sacked and burned by West Slavs, after which it is slowly abandoned.
• Tain becomes the first town in Scotland to be chartered as a royal burgh.

Births

• Al-Afdal Shahanshah, vizier of the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt (d. 1121)
• 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
  • Eystein Orre, Norwegian Nobleman and subject of Harold Hardrada, who was betrothed to his daughter before his death.
• September 25 – Maria Haraldsdotter, Norwegian princess
• 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 10 – John Scotus, bishop of Mecklenburg
• November 14 – Fujiwara no Akihira, scholar and poet

Date unknown

• Stenkil, king of Sweden since 1060
• Ibn Butlan, Baghdad physician
• Imam Bayhaqi, eminent Islamic scholar