1066

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Decades: 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s - 1060s - 1070s 1080s 1090s 1100s 1110s 1120s

Years: 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 - 1066 - 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071

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Events

• January 6 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.
• September 25 - The Battle of Stamford Bridge.
• William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, invades England on September 28 and defeats and kills Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings on October 14. The Norman dynasty of English Kings followed. England is never successfully invaded again.
• The Viking port of Hedeby destroyed by marauding Slavs.
• A new church is begun at Monte Cassino.
• Halley's Comet is sighted in Britain.

Births

Deaths

• Edward the Confessor,
• Harold Godwinson, the last Saxon king of England.
• Harald III