1069

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1030s 1040s 1050s – 1060s – 1070s 1080s 1090s
Years:	1066 1067 1068 – 1069 – 1070 1071 1072

1069 by topic
Lists of leaders
State leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

**1069 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1069 MLXIX
Ab urbe condita	1822
Armenian calendar	518 ԹՎ ՇԺԸ
Bahá'í calendar	-775 – -774
Bengali calendar	476
Berber calendar	2019
Buddhist calendar	1613
Burmese calendar	431
Byzantine calendar	6577 – 6578
Chinese calendar	戊申年十二月初六日 (3705/3765-12-6) — to — 己酉年閏十一月十五日 (3706/3766-intercalary 11-15)
Coptic calendar	785 – 786
Ethiopian calendar	1061 – 1062
Hebrew calendar	4829 – 4830
Hindu calendars
- Bikram Samwat	1125 – 1126
- Shaka Samvat	991 – 992
- Kali Yuga	4170 – 4171
Holocene calendar	11069
Iranian calendar	447 – 448
Islamic calendar	461 – 462
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3402
Thai solar calendar	1612

Events

Harrying of the North: King William of England (William the Conqueror) reacts to rebellions made by his people against him. He rides through the north of England with his army and burns houses, crops, cattle and land from York to Durham, which results in the deaths of over 100,000 people, mainly from starvation and winter cold.
William the Conqueror founds the Norman Selby Abbey.
Abbad III al-Mu'tamid succeeds his father on the throne of Sevilla.
Shenzong appoints Wang Anshi as his chief counsellor.
Wang Anshi, chancellor of the Chinese Song Dynasty, implements the New Policies, which include financial reforms, raising the salaries of officials to reduce corruption, institution of the baojia system, etc.
Magnus II of Norway dies and Olav III becomes sole King of Norway.
The Seljuk Turks fail to capture Iconium, following a Byzantine counter-attack launched from Syria.