1066

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1030s  1040s  1050s  – 1060s –  1070s  1080s  1090s
Years:	1063 1064 1065 – 1066 – 1067 1068 1069

Events

• January 6– Harold II becomes King of England
• September 25 – Harold II defeats Tostig and Harald Hardraada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Tostig and Harald Hardraada are killed
• October 14 – At the Battle of Hastings William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy) defeats Harold. Harold is killed. In England, this heralds the start of the Middle Ages.

• The Viking port of Hedeby, a town on the Baltic Sea, is destroyed by Slavs.

Deaths

• January 4 – King Edward the Confessor of England
• September 25 – Killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge:
  • Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria
  • King Harald III of Norway (b. 1015)
• October 14 – Killed at the Battle of Hastings:
  • King Harold II of England
• November 10 – Sacrificed to Radegast:
  • Bishop of Mecklenburg Johannes Skotus (born around 990)