1060
Year 1060 (MLX) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
| 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 |
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 Stenkil as King of Sweden.
Births
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