1066
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| Years: 1063 1064 1065 - 1066 - 1067 1068 1069 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1066 MLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1819 |
| Armenian calendar | 515 ԹՎ ՇԺԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -778 – -777 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1610 |
| Chinese calendar | 3702/3762-12-3 (乙巳年十二月初三日) — to —
3703/3763-12-12(丙午年十二月十二日) |
| 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 | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1726 (皇紀1726年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11066 |
| Julian calendar | 1111 |
| Korean calendar | 3399 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1609 |
1066 is a common year in the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. It is the 66th year of the 10th century and the 2nd millennium. The year is considered by many historians to be a turning point in history due to various events (see bellow) particularly the Battle of Hastings, with years prior to 1066 being the late dark ages and years after 1066 being the early middle ages[1]
[edit] Events
- January 6 - Harold II is crowned King of England.
- September 20 - Battle of Fulford
- September 25 - Battle of Stamford Bridge
- September 28 - William of Normandy, also known as William the Conqueror, lands in England at Pevensey.
- October 14 - Battle of Hastings, where Harold II is killed by William of Normandy and England is claimed by King William.
- December 25 - William of Normandy is crowned King of England.
- Magnus II is crowned King of Norway.
- The first black Africans in modern-day Gambia convert to Islam.
- Halley's Comet appears and is subsequently recorded in the Bayeux Tapestry
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 - King Edward the Confessor of England
- September 25 -Killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge:
- Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria
- King Harald III of Norway (b. 1015)
- October 14 - Killed at the Battle of Hastings:
- King Harold II of England
- Leofwine Godwinson and
- Gyrth Godwinson, brothers of King Harold
- November 10
- Bishop of Mecklenburg Johannes Scotus (b. approx. 990)- Sacrificed to Radegast
[edit] References
- ^ The What-ifs of 1066. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History (2007-03-13).
