| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| 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 - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1066 MLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1819 |
| Armenian calendar | 515 ԹՎ ՇԺԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -778 – -777 |
| Berber calendar | 2016 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1610 |
| Burmese calendar | 428 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6574 – 6575 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年十二月初三日 (3702/3762-12-3) — to —
丙午年十二月十二日(3703/3763-12-12) |
| Coptic calendar | 782 – 783 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1058 – 1059 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4826 – 4827 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1121 – 1122 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 988 – 989 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4167 – 4168 |
| Holocene calendar | 11066 |
| Iranian calendar | 444 – 445 |
| Islamic calendar | 458 – 459 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3399 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1609 |
1066 is a common year in the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. The year is considered by many historians to be a turning point in history due to various events (see below), particularly the Battle of Hastings and ensuing Norman conquest of England, with years prior to 1066 being the late Dark Ages and years after 1066 being the Middle Ages.1 This was the last successful hostile invasion of Great Britain.
Events
- January 5 — Edward the Confessor dies. The Witan proclaims Harold Godwinson King.
- January 6 — Harold II is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
- March 20 - Halley's Comet reaches perihelion, it is subsequently recorded in the Bayeux Tapestry.
- September 20 — Battle of Fulford: King Harald III of Norway (Harold Hardrada) defeats the northern English earls Edwin and Morcar.
- September 25 — Battle of Stamford Bridge: King Harold II of England defeats the Norwegians under Harald Hardrada.
- 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 is killed and William is victorious. In England this is the traditional end of the Dark Ages and the start of the Middle Ages.
- December 25 — Duke William of Normandy, is crowned King William I of England.
- Magnus II is crowned King of Norway.
- The first black Africans in modern-day Gambia convert to Islam.
- 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.
- Shen Kuo receives a post in the capital.
- Hedeby is destroyed by a Slavic army.
- Sima Guang completes the compilation of a large dictionary, an important work of Chinese lexicography.
Deaths
- January 5 — King Edward the Confessor of England
- September 25 — Killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge:
- King Harald III of Norway (Harald Hardrada) (b. 1015),
- Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria, brother of King Harold
- October 14 — Killed at the Battle of Hastings:
- King Harold II of England,
- Leofwine Godwinson, brother of King Harold
- Gyrth Godwinson, brother of King Harold
- November 11 - Bishop of Mecklenburg Johannes Scotus (b. approx. 990) — sacrificed to Radegast
- Ibn Butlan, Baghdad physician
- Imam Bayhaqi Eminent Scholar of Islamic Faith.
References
- ^ "The What-ifs of 1066". Dan Carlin's Hardcore History (2007-03-13)., but also Bates, David (2005). "1066: Does the Date Still Matter?". Historical Research 78 (202): 443–464. doi:.
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