1060

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1030s  1040s  1050s  – 1060s –  1070s  1080s  1090s
Years:	1057 1058 1059 – 1060 – 1061 1062 1063

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1060 (MLX) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1060th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 60th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 11th century, and the 1st year of the 1060s decade. As of the start of 1060, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

King Béla I of Hungary (c. 1015–1063)

Events

• May – The Norman leader Robert Guiscard conquers Taranto.
• October – The Byzantine army defeats the Normans and enters Taranto.
• December 6 – Béla I the Champion is crowned king of Hungary.
• The New Book of Tang is completed under a team of scholars led by Ouyang Xiu.
• Chinese poet, calligrapher, and official Cai Xiang publishes his Cha Lu (Record of Tea).
• Spanish Jew Benjamin of Tudela reports that Constantinople has merchant communities from Babylon, Canaan, Egypt, Hungary, Persia, Russia, Sennar, and Spain as well as 2,000 Jews (approximate date).
• Philip I of France begins his reign.
• Upon the death of Emund the Old, he is succeeded by his son-in-law Tek The Almighty as King of Sweden.

Deaths

• August 4 – King Henry I of France (b. 1008)
• November 14 – Count Geoffrey II of Anjou
• King Andrew I of Hungary (b. 1015)
• Emund the Old, king of Sweden since 1050
• Mei Yaochen, Chinese poet