1066
Years:
1063 1064 1065 - 1066 - 1067 1068 1069Decades:
1030s 1040s 1050s - 1060s - 1070s 1080s 1090sCenturies:
10th century - 11th century - 12th century
Events
- January 6 - Harold II is crowned King of England the day after Edward the Confessor dies.
- September 20 - Tostig Godwinson and Harald Hardraada of Norway invade England, landing at Riccall just south of York.
- September 25 - Harold II defeats Tostig and Harald Hardraada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, killing both.
- September 28 - Norman Conquest: William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, invades England.
- October 14 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman invasion forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England. The Norman dynasty of English Kings followed. England was not successfully invaded again until the invasion of William III on November 5, 1688.
- The Viking port of Hedeby was destroyed by marauding Slavs.
- A new church is begun at Monte Cassino.
- Halley's Comet is sighted in Britain.
- Boxgrove Priory founded
Births
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 (b. approx. 990)