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 in [the Middle Ages|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 (1000–1301)|Hungary] after his nephew, Solomon, [King of Hungary|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.
Births
- February 9 - Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church
- September 18 - Godfrey of Bouillon, French nobleman
- September 22 - Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic saint and itinerant preacher
- Ava, German poet
- Aibert, French monk and hermit
- Bernard degli Uberti, bishop of Parma
- Berthold I, German nobleman
- Berthold of Garsten, German priest and abbot
- Brahmadeva, Indian mathematician
- Clementia of Aquitaine, French noblewoman
- Diarmait Ua Briain, king of Munster
- Duncan II, king of Scotland
- Constantius Ducas, Byzantine emperor
- Diemoth, German nun and writer
- Egbert II, German nobleman
- Erard I, French nobleman
- Eric I, king of Denmark
- Felicia of Roucy, queen of Aragon and Navarre
- Fujiwara no Mototoshi, Japanese nobleman
- Gaucherius, French priest and hermit
- Godfrey I, count of Louvain
- Goswin I, count of Heinsberg
- Gregory of Catino, Italian monk and historian
- Hamelin de Ballon, Norman nobleman
- Herman II, margrave of Baden
- Hui Zong, Chinese emperor
- Mafalda of Pulla-Calabria, Norman noblewoman
- Odo of Tournai, bishop of Cambrai
- Odo I, duke of Burgundy
- Olegarius, archbishop of Tarragona
- Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham
- Richard of Salerno, Norman nobleman
- Roger Borsa, Norman nobleman
- Stephen Harding, English abbot
- Tokushi, Japanese empress consort
- Walo II, French nobleman
Deaths
- January 18 - Duduc, bishop of Wells
- May 12 - Matilda, duchess of Swabia
- August 4 - Henry I, king of France
- October 2 - Everelmus, French hermit
- October 8 - Hugh V, French nobleman
- October 15 - Luka Zhidiata, bishop of Novgorod
- November 14 - Geoffrey II, count of Anjou
- December 2 - Gebhard III, bishop of Regensburg
- December 22 - Cynesige, archbishop of York
- Abbas ibn Shith, king of the Ghurid Dynasty
- Abdallah ibn Al-Aftas, founder of the Aftasid Dynasty
- Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, Italian-Jewish liturgical poet
- Andrew I, king of Hungary
- Chaghri Beg, co-ruler of the Seljuk Empire
- Dharma Pala, ruler of the Pala Dynasty
- Dominic Loricatus, Italian monk and hermit
- Emund the Old, king of Sweden
- Esico of Ballenstedt, German nobleman
- Igor Yaroslavich, prince of Smolensk
- Isaac I, Byzantine emperor
- Mei Yaochen, poet of the Song Dynasty
- Otto I, count of Savoy
- Pons II, count of Toulouse
- William I, Norman nobleman