1066

1066 (MLXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1066th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 66th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 11th century, and the 7th year of the 1060s decade. As of the start of 1066, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

William I ('the Conqueror') (r. 1066–1087)

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1030s  1040s  1050s  – 1060s –  1070s  1080s  1090s
Years:	1063 1064 1065 – 1066 – 1067 1068 1069

1066 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1066 MLXVI
Ab urbe condita	1819
Armenian calendar	515 ԹՎ ՇԺԵ
Assyrian calendar	5816
Balinese saka calendar	987–988
Bengali calendar	473
Berber calendar	2016
English Regnal year	1 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar	1610
Burmese calendar	428
Byzantine calendar	6574–6575
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3762 or 3702     — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3763 or 3703
Coptic calendar	782–783
Discordian calendar	2232
Ethiopian calendar	1058–1059
Hebrew calendar	4826–4827
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1122–1123
- Shaka Samvat	987–988
- Kali Yuga	4166–4167
Holocene calendar	11066
Igbo calendar	66–67
Iranian calendar	444–445
Islamic calendar	458–459
Japanese calendar	Jiryaku 2 (治暦２年)
Javanese calendar	969–971
Julian calendar	1066 MLXVI
Korean calendar	3399
Minguo calendar	846 before ROC 民前846年
Nanakshahi calendar	−402
Seleucid era	1377/1378 AG
Thai solar calendar	1608–1609
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Wood-Snake) 1192 or 811 or 39     — to — མེ་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Fire-Horse) 1193 or 812 or 40

1066 was a year which brought great changes in England. The land had four kings during the year. The year started under Anglo-Saxon rule, and ended under Norman rule. This was the only occasion since Roman Britain when the entire country was successfully invaded.

There were four kings during the year: Edward the Confessor (to 5 January 1066), Harold Godwinson (to 14 October 1066), Edgar the Ætheling (to 10 December 1066), and finally William I, Duke of Normandy.

Events

• 6 January – Harold II crowned King of England
• 25 September – Harold II defeats Tostig and Harald Hardraada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Tostig and Harald Hardraada are killed
• 14 October – At the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy) defeats Harold. Harold is killed. In England, this heralds the start of the Middle Ages.

• The Viking port of Hedeby, a town on the Baltic Sea, is destroyed by Slavs.

Deaths

• 4 or 5 January – King Edward the Confessor of England dies
• 25 September – killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge:
  • King Harald III of Norway (b. 1015)
  • Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria
• 14 October – killed at the Battle of Hastings:
  • King Harold II of England
  • Leofwine Godwinson, brother of King Harold II
  • Gyrth Godwinson, brother of King Harold II

• John Scotus (bishop of Mecklenburg (Johannes Skotus) (born around 990)
  • 10 November – Sacrificed to Radegast: