1070
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1040s 1050s 1060s – 1070s – 1080s 1090s 1100s |
| Years: | 1067 1068 1069 – 1070 – 1071 1072 1073 |
| 1070 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1070 MLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1823 |
| Armenian calendar | 519 ԹՎ ՇԺԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5820 |
| Bengali calendar | 477 |
| Berber calendar | 2020 |
| English Regnal year | 4 Will. 1 – 5 Will. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1614 |
| Burmese calendar | 432 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6578–6579 |
| Chinese calendar | 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3766 or 3706 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3767 or 3707 |
| Coptic calendar | 786–787 |
| Discordian calendar | 2236 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1062–1063 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4830–4831 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1126–1127 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 992–993 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4171–4172 |
| Holocene calendar | 11070 |
| Igbo calendar | 70–71 |
| Iranian calendar | 448–449 |
| Islamic calendar | 462–463 |
| Japanese calendar | Enkyū 2 (延久２年) |
| Julian calendar | 1070 MLXX |
| Korean calendar | 3403 |
| Minguo calendar | 842 before ROC 民前842年 |
| Seleucid era | 1381/1382 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1612–1613 |
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Year 1070 (MLXX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- Winter of 1069–1070 – Harrying of the North: William I of England quells rebellions in the North of England following an invasion by Sweyn II of Denmark. Widespread famine follows the devastation wrought.[1]
- Spring – King Sweyn II of Denmark joins English rebels, led by Hereward the Wake, and captures the Isle of Ely in The Fens of eastern England.[2]
- April 11 – Archbishop of Canterbury Stigand is deposed.
- June 1 – Hereward plunders Peterborough Abbey in eastern England.[2]
- June – Denmark signs a treaty with England; Sweyn and his forces leave the country.[2]
- August 15 – The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is approximated as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England.[3]
- Invasion of England by Malcolm III of Scotland is repelled.[2]
- Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, the first Marcher Lord, invades Wales, capturing parts of Gwynedd.[2]
- A successful Byzantine counter-attack drives the Seljuq Turks across the Euphrates.
- Bergen is founded by king Olaf III of Norway; it will function as the main city and capital of Norway until replaced by Oslo in 1314.
- Chinese Chancellor Wang Anshi starts the Xining Reforms (which last until 1085).
- Jews from Rouen in Normandy settle in England at the invitation of King William I.[4]
- The Temple of Literature, Hanoi, is established in the capital of Vietnam.
- Uyghur poet Yusuf Khass Hajib of Balasagun in the Kara-Khanid Khanate completes the Kutadgu Bilig ("The Wisdom Which Brings Good Fortune") and presents it to the prince of Kashgar.
- Song dynasty Chinese astronomer, engineer, and statesman Su Song completes the compilation of the Ben Cao Tu Jing, a pharmaceutical treatise with related subjects of botany, zoology, mineralogy, and metallurgy.
- Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral in England following a fire.[5]
- Rebuilding of York Minster in England begins.[2]
- Construction of Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire, England, by Alan Rufus begins.
- Approximate date – Halsten Stenkilsson is deposed as king of Sweden, with Håkan the Red becoming king in Götaland and Anund Gårdske being chosen as king of Svealand.[6]
Births
- Hugues de Payens, Knight Templar (d. c. 1136)
- Coloman, King of Hungary (d. February 3, 1116)
Deaths
References
- ↑ "British History Timeline, Norman Britain, BBC". Retrieved 2007-12-23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 53–55. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 112–113. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ William of Malmesbury.
- ↑ "The History of Canterbury Cathedral". Retrieved 2007-12-23.
- ↑ Adam of Bremen. Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum.
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