1065
Year 1065 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- December 24 - King Ferdinand I of León dies in León, Spain, after an 11-year reign as Emperor of All Spain. His kingdom is divided among his three sons: the eldest Sancho II, the second Alfonso VI and the youngest García II. The kingdoms of Galicia and Portugal become independent under the rule of García.
England
- October 3 - Northumbria revolts against Tostig Godwinson, who is exiled. He takes refuge with his brother-in-law, Count Baldwin V in Flanders. The Northumbrian nobles choose Morcar as earl at York.
- December 28 - Westminster Abbey is consecrated by King Edward the Confessor.
Seljuk Empire
- Alp Arslan, leader of the Seljuk Turks, campaigns against the Kipchaks and the Türkmen in Central Asia. He captures the city of Kars and plunders the western provinces of Georgia.
China
- Sima Guang, chancellor of the Song dynasty, heads a team of scholars in initiating the compilation of an enormous written universal history of China, known as the Zizhi Tongjian.
By topic
Religion
- Great German Pilgrimage of 1064–65: A large pilgrimage led by Siegfried I arrives in Jerusalem after having been attacked by Bedouin bandits. Two weeks later they return to Ramla and take ships back to Latakia.
- Gregory II the Martyrophile is consecrated as catholicos of the Armenian church in Tzamandos
Astronomy
- A "guest star" is observed from China. It may be related to the Strottner-Drechsler Object 20 nebula.