1060

Events

By place

Europe

• August 4 – King Henry I of France (of the House of Capet) dies after a 29-year reign in Vitry-aux-Loges. He is succeeded by his 8-year-old son Philip I ("the Amorous") as king of France. Philip is too young to rule, and his mother, Queen Anne of Kiev becomes regent. France is administered by Count Baldwin V (one of Philip's uncles) who acts as co-regent.
• Summer – Norman forces under Duke Robert Guiscard invade Apulia, and capture the cities of Taranto and Brindisi (under control of the Byzantine Empire). Guiscard prepares a Sicilian expedition against the Saracens and returns to Calabria (Southern Italy), where his brother Roger Bosso waits with siege engines.
• December 6 – Béla I ("the Champion") is crowned king of Hungary after his nephew, Solomon is deprived of the crown. He is supported by Duke Bolesław II the Generous – who helps him (with Polish troops) to obtain the Hungarian throne.

China

• The compilation of the New Book of Tang is completed, under a team of scholars led by Ouyang Xiu.

Middle East

• August 30 — The Mirdasids under Mahmud ibn Nasr defeat the Fatimid Caliphate's army under Nasir al-Dawla Ibn Hamdan at the Battle of al-Funaydiq, leading to the definitive loss of Aleppo for the Fatimids.

By topic

Religion

• Anselm enters the Benedictine Bec Abbey in Normandy, as a novice (approximate date).

Births

• February 9 – Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1130)
• September 18 – Godfrey of Bouillon, French nobleman (d. 1100)
• September 22 – Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic saint and itinerant preacher (d. 1122)
• Ava (or Ava of Göttweig), German poet (approximate date)
• Aibert (or Aybert), French monk and hermit (d. 1140)
• Bernard degli Uberti, bishop of Parma (approximate date)
• Berthold I, German nobleman (approximate date)
• Berthold of Garsten, German priest and abbot (d. 1142)
• Brahmadeva, Indian mathematician (d. 1130)
• Clementia of Aquitaine, French noblewoman (d. 1142)
• Diarmait Ua Briain, king of Munster (d. 1118)
• Duncan II, king of Scotland (approximate date)
• Constantius Ducas, Byzantine emperor (d. 1081)
• Diemoth (or Diemudis), German nun and writer (d. 1130)
• Egbert II, German nobleman (approximate date)
• Erard I, French nobleman (approximate date)
• Eric I (the Good), king of Denmark (approximate date)
• Felicia of Roucy, queen of Aragon and Navarre (d. 1123)
• Fujiwara no Mototoshi, Japanese nobleman (d. 1142)
• Gaucherius, French priest and hermit (d. 1140)
• Godfrey I, count of Louvain (approximate date)
• Goswin I, count of Heinsberg (approximate date)
• Gregory of Catino, Italian monk and historian
• Hamelin de Ballon, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
• Herman II, margrave of Baden (approximate date)
• Hui Zong, Chinese emperor (Western Xia) (d. 1086)
• Mafalda of Pulla-Calabria, Norman noblewoman (d. 1108)
• Odo of Tournai, bishop of Cambrai (d. 1113)
• Odo I (the Red), duke of Burgundy (d. 1102)
• Olegarius, archbishop of Tarragona (d. 1137)
• Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham (d. 1128)
• Richard of Salerno, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
• Roger Borsa, Norman nobleman (or 1061)
• Stephen Harding, English abbot (approximate date)
• Tokushi, Japanese empress consort (d. 1114)
• Walo II (or Galon II), French nobleman (d. 1098)

Deaths

• January 18 – Duduc (or Dudoc), bishop of Wells
• May 12 – Matilda, duchess of Swabia (d. 1048)
• August 4 – Henry I, king of France (b. 1008)
• October 2 – Everelmus, French hermit
• October 8 – Hugh V, French nobleman
• October 15 – Luka Zhidiata, bishop of Novgorod
• November 14 – Geoffrey II, count of Anjou
• December 2 – Gebhard III, bishop of Regensburg
• December 22 – Cynesige, archbishop of York
• Abbas ibn Shith, king (malik) of the Ghurid Dynasty
• Abdallah ibn Al-Aftas, founder of the Aftasid Dynasty
• Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, Italian-Jewish liturgical poet (b. 1017)
• Andrew I (the Catholic), king of Hungary
• Chaghri Beg, co-ruler of the Seljuk Empire (b. 989)
• Dharma Pala, ruler of the Pala Dynasty (b. 1035)
• Dominic Loricatus, Italian monk and hermit (b. 995)
• Emund the Old, king of Sweden (approximate date)
• Esico of Ballenstedt, German nobleman (approximate date)
• Igor Yaroslavich, prince of Smolensk (b. 1036)
• Isaac I (Komnenos), Byzantine emperor
• Mei Yaochen, poet of the Song Dynasty (b. 1002)
• Otto I (or Odon), count of Savoy (approximate date)
• Pons II (or Pons William), count of Toulouse (b. 991)
• William I, Norman nobleman (approximate date)

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