1067

1067 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1067
MLXVII
Ab urbe condita1820
Armenian calendar516
ԹՎ ՇԺԶ
Assyrian calendar5817
Balinese saka calendar988–989
Bengali calendar473–474
Berber calendar2017
English Regnal yearWill. 1 – 2 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar1611
Burmese calendar429
Byzantine calendar6575–6576
Chinese calendar丙午年 (Fire Horse)
3764 or 3557
    — to —
丁未年 (Fire Goat)
3765 or 3558
Coptic calendar783–784
Discordian calendar2233
Ethiopian calendar1059–1060
Hebrew calendar4827–4828
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1123–1124
 - Shaka Samvat988–989
 - Kali Yuga4167–4168
Holocene calendar11067
Igbo calendar67–68
Iranian calendar445–446
Islamic calendar459–460
Japanese calendarJiryaku 3
(治暦3年)
Javanese calendar971–972
Julian calendar1067
MLXVII
Korean calendar3400
Minguo calendar845 before ROC
民前845年
Nanakshahi calendar−401
Seleucid era1378/1379 AG
Thai solar calendar1609–1610
Tibetan calendarམེ་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་
(male Fire-Horse)
1193 or 812 or 40
    — to —
མེ་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་
(female Fire-Sheep)
1194 or 813 or 41
Emperor Shen Zong (1048–1085)

Year 1067 (MLXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

  • May 22 – Emperor Constantine X dies after a 7-year reign at Constantinople. His wife, Empress Eudocia Macrembolitissa, is crowned Augusta and becomes co-regent for her two sons (Michael VII and Konstantios) along with Constantine's brother John Doukas, who rules as Caesar of the Byzantine Empire.[1]

Seljuk Empire

Europe

  • March 3 – Battle on the Nemiga River: The three sons of Grand Prince Yaroslav I (the Wise) – Iziaslav I, Sviatoslav II, and Vsevolod I – defeat the forces under Vseslav of Polotsk.
  • Eric and Eric, two pretenders to the Swedish throne, are both killed during the struggle for power in Sweden. Halsten, son of the late King Stenkil, becomes the new ruler.
  • Olaf III returns to Norway with the remaining troops from the Battle of Stamford Bridge. He is proclaimed king and co-ruler with his older brother Magnus II (Haraldsson).
  • Wartburg Castle (near Eisenach) is founded by Louis the Springer, count of Thuringia (modern Germany).
  • Minsk and Orsha are first mentioned in the chronicles, making them two of the oldest cities in Belarus.

England

  • Spring – King William I (the Conqueror) returns to Normandy and takes with him Edgar Ætheling (grandson of Edmund Ironside), Archbishop Stigand, and the brothers Morcar and Edwin.
  • Odo of Bayeux, a half-brother of William I, is appointed Earl of Kent and becomes William's deputy (or de facto regent) in England. His wealth and land become considerable.
  • Eustace II, count of Boulogne, supports the Kentishmen in an attempt to seize Dover Castle. The conspiracy fails, and Eustace is sentenced to forfeit his English fiefs.
  • Winter – William I marches on Exeter, which he besieges. The city holds out for 18 days, and after its fall William builds Rougemont Castle there to secure the region.
  • Winchester Castle in Hampshire is founded by William I; it is later one of the seats of government of the Norman kings ruling England.[3]

China

  • January 25 – Emperor Yingzong (or Zhao Shu) of the Song dynasty dies after a 4-year reign. He is succeeded by his 18-year-old son Shen Zong as emperor of China.

By topic

Religion

Births

  • Abu Hafs Umar an-Nasafi, Persian scholar and historian (d. 1142)
  • Adela of Normandy, countess of Blois (approximate date)
  • Ari Thorgilsson, Icelandic chronicler and writer (d. 1148)
  • John Taronites, Byzantine governor (approximate date)

Deaths

  • January 25 – Ying Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1032)
  • February 13 – Geoffrey II, French nobleman
  • April 17 – Robert de Turlande, French priest
  • May 22 – Constantine X, Byzantine emperor (b. 1006)
  • July 12 – John Komnenos, Byzantine general
  • September 1 – Baldwin V, count of Flanders
  • November 27 – Sancha of León, queen of León
  • December 2 – Shaykh Tusi, Persian Shia scholar (b. 995)
  • Aedh Ua Con Ceanainn, king of Uí Díarmata
  • Bahmanyār, Persian philosopher and logician
  • Cai Xiang, Chinese calligrapher and poet (b. 1012)
  • Elisaveta Yaroslavna of Kiev, Norwegian queen
  • Eric and Eric, Swedish throne pretenders
  • Gervais de Château-du-Loir, French nobleman (b. 1007)
  • Muireadhach Ua Cárthaigh, Irish chief poet
  • Richard, French nobleman (House of Normandy)
  • Wulfwig (or Wulfinus), bishop of Dorchester

References

  1. ^ John Julius Norwich (1991). Byzantium: The Apogee – The Choice of Emperor, p. 343. ISBN 0-394-53779-3.
  2. ^ Brian Todd Carey (2012). Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare (527–1071), p. 132. ISBN 978-184884-215-1.
  3. ^ Derek Keene; Alexander R. Rumble (1985). Survey of Medieval Winchester. Oxford University Press. pp. 101–2.
  4. ^ "Fires, Great", in The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance, p. 24. Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876)