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

1068 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1068 MLXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1821
Armenian calendar	517 ԹՎ ՇԺԷ
Assyrian calendar	5818
Balinese saka calendar	989–990
Bengali calendar	475
Berber calendar	2018
English Regnal year	2 Will. 1 – 3 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar	1612
Burmese calendar	430
Byzantine calendar	6576–6577
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3764 or 3704     — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3765 or 3705
Coptic calendar	784–785
Discordian calendar	2234
Ethiopian calendar	1060–1061
Hebrew calendar	4828–4829
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1124–1125
- Shaka Samvat	989–990
- Kali Yuga	4168–4169
Holocene calendar	11068
Igbo calendar	68–69
Iranian calendar	446–447
Islamic calendar	460–461
Japanese calendar	Jiryaku 4 (治暦４年)
Javanese calendar	972–973
Julian calendar	1068 MLXVIII
Korean calendar	3401
Minguo calendar	844 before ROC 民前844年
Nanakshahi calendar	−400
Seleucid era	1379/1380 AG
Thai solar calendar	1610–1611
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1194 or 813 or 41     — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1195 or 814 or 42

1068 (MLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1068th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 68th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 11th century, and the 9th year of the 1060s decade. As of the start of 1068, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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)