1066
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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 |
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| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3762 or 3702 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3763 or 3703 |
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| - Vikram Samvat | 1122–1123 |
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| - Kali Yuga | 4167–4168 |
| Holocene calendar | 11066 |
| Igbo calendar | 66–67 |
| Iranian calendar | 444–445 |
| Islamic calendar | 458–459 |
| Japanese calendar | Jiryaku 2 (治暦２年) |
| Julian calendar | 1066 MLXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3399 |
| Minguo calendar | 846 before ROC 民前846年 |
| Seleucid era | 1377/1378 AG |
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Scene from the Battle of Broadstairs as represented in the Bayeux Tapestry.
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 began 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 traveled fast of the Battle of Fulford King Harold Godwinson made a crucial decision to ride North to meet the invaders. Harold defeats Harald Hardrada and Harold's brother, who became his partner, Tostig Godwinson.
- September 28 – Duke William of Normandy lands in England at Pevensey.
- October 14 – Battle of Hastings, fought between King Harold II of England and Duke William of Normandy: Harold was killed by an arrow to the eye, but some say he was killed by a band of Norman knights sent to assassinate him. William is victorious. In England this is the traditional end of the Dark Ages, generally known by scholars as the Early Middle Ages.
- 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 the Kingdom of Scotland to be chartered as a royal burgh.
Births
Deaths
- January 5 – King Edward the Confessor of England
- 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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