1066
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| 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) 3763 or 3556 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3764 or 3557 |
| 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 |
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[who?] 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.[1]
- 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
References
- ^ Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 44. ISBN 88-8289-529-7.