1066

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

[change] 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.

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

[change] Births

[change] Deaths

• January 5 - 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)