1068

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1030s  1040s  1050s  – 1060s –  1070s  1080s  1090s
Years:	1065 1066 1067 – 1068 – 1069 1070 1071

Events

• January 1 – Eudocia Macrembolitissa marries the general Romanus Diogenes who becomes Byzantine Emperor
• Emperor Go-Sanjō ascends the throne of Japan
• William the Conqueror takes Exeter, England after a brief siege
• Saint Herfast becomes the first Lord Chancellor of England in London, England at the age of 68. He does the job for two years before he retires

Births

• September 1 – King Henry I of England, English royal (d. 1135)