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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1060 MLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1813 |
| Armenian calendar | 509 ԹՎ ՇԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5810 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 981–982 |
| Bengali calendar | 467 |
| Berber calendar | 2010 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1604 |
| Burmese calendar | 422 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6568–6569 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3756 or 3696 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3757 or 3697 |
| Coptic calendar | 776–777 |
| Discordian calendar | 2226 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1052–1053 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4820–4821 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1116–1117 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 981–982 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4160–4161 |
| Holocene calendar | 11060 |
| Igbo calendar | 60–61 |
| Iranian calendar | 438–439 |
| Islamic calendar | 451–452 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōhei 3 (康平３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 963–964 |
| Julian calendar | 1060 MLX |
| Korean calendar | 3393 |
| Minguo calendar | 852 before ROC 民前852年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −408 |
| Seleucid era | 1371/1372 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1602–1603 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 1186 or 805 or 33 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1187 or 806 or 34 |
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.
Events
[change | change source]- 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.
Births
[change | change source]Deaths
[change | change source]- 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