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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century - 11th century - 12th century |
| Decades: | 1030s 1040s 1050s - 1060s - 1070s 1080s 1090s |
| Years: | 1066 1067 1068 - 1069 - 1070 1071 1072 |
| 1069 by topic | |
| Lists of leaders | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1069 MLXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1822 |
| Armenian calendar | 518 ԹՎ ՇԺԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -775 – -774 |
| Berber calendar | 2019 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1613 |
| Burmese calendar | 431 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6577 – 6578 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊申年十二月初六日 (3705/3765-12-6) — to —
己酉年閏十一月十五日(3706/3766-intercalary 11-15) |
| Coptic calendar | 785 – 786 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1061 – 1062 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4829 – 4830 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1124 – 1125 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 991 – 992 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4170 – 4171 |
| Holocene calendar | 11069 |
| Iranian calendar | 447 – 448 |
| Islamic calendar | 461 – 462 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3402 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1612 |
MLXIX in Roman numerals
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Events
- Harrying of the North: King William of England (William the Conqueror) reacts to rebellions made by his people against him. He rides through the north of England with his army and burns houses, crops, cattle and land from York to Durham, which results in the deaths of over 100,000 people, mainly from starvation and winter cold.
- William the Conqueror founds the Norman Selby Abbey.
- Abbad III al-Mu'tamid succeeds his father on the throne of Sevilla.
- Shenzong appoints Wang Anshi as his chief counsellor.
- Wang Anshi, chancellor of the Chinese Song Dynasty, implements the New Policies, which include financial reforms, raising the salaries of officials to reduce corruption, institution of the baojia system, etc.
- Magnus II of Norway dies and Olav III becomes sole King of Norway.
- The Seljuk Turks fail to capture Iconium, following a Byzantine counter-attack launched from Syria.
Births
Deaths
- Aldred, archbishop of York
- Ibn Hazm, Muslim philosopher and theologian
Heads of State
- England — William I (reigned 1066–1087)
- France — Philip I (reigned 1060–1108)
- Germany — Henry IV (reigned 1055–1105)
- Norway — Olav III (reigned 1067–1093)
- Scotland — Malcolm III (reigned 1058–1093)
- Byzantine Empire — Michael VII (reigned 1067–1078) and Romanus IV (reigned 1068–1071)
- Pope — Alexander II (pope 1061–1073)
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