1060
Year 1060 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. It was the 1060th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 60th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 11th century, and the first year of the 1060s decade.
Events
By place
Europe
- August 4 - King Henry I of France dies after a 29-year reign in Vitry-aux-Loges. He is succeeded by his 8-year-old son Philip I as king of France. Philip is too young to rule, and his mother, Queen Anne of Kiev becomes regent. France is administered by Count Baldwin V who acts as co-regent.
- Summer - Norman forces under Duke Robert Guiscard invade Apulia, and capture the cities of Taranto and Brindisi. Guiscard prepares a Sicilian expedition against the Saracens and returns to Calabria, where his brother Roger Bosso waits with siege engines.
- December 6 - Béla I is crowned king of Hungary after his nephew, Solomon is deprived of the crown. He is supported by Duke Bolesław II the Generous – who helps him to obtain the Hungarian throne.
China
- The compilation of the New Book of Tang is completed, under a team of scholars led by Ouyang Xiu.
Middle East
- August 30 — The Mirdasids under Mahmud ibn Nasr defeat the Fatimid Caliphate's army under Nasir al-Dawla Ibn Hamdan at the Battle of al-Funaydiq, leading to the definitive loss of Aleppo for the Fatimids.
By topic
Religion
- Anselm enters the Benedictine Bec Abbey in Normandy, as a novice.