1060 CE

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. 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. 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.

In the 1060s, the 11th century.

Conflict & Security

  • 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.source
  • 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.source

Religion & Belief

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

Culture & Society

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

Births

  • February 9 – Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1130)source
  • September 18 – Godfrey of Bouillon, French nobleman (died 1100)source
  • September 22 – Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic saint and itinerant preacher (died 1122)source
  • Roger Borsa, Norman nobleman (or 1061)source
  • Constantius Ducas, Byzantine emperor (died 1081)source
  • Berthold of Garsten, German priest and abbot (died 1142)source
  • Duncan II, king of Scotland (approximate date)source
  • Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham (died 1128)source
  • Bernard degli Uberti, bishop of Parma (approximate date)source
  • Godfrey I, count of Louvain (approximate date)source
  • Olegarius, archbishop of Tarragona (died 1137)source
  • Stephen Harding, English abbot (approximate date)source
  • Ava (or Ava of Göttweig), German poet (approximate date)source
  • Gregory of Catino, Italian monk and historiansource

Deaths

  • January 18 – Duduc (or Dudoc), bishop of Wellssource
  • May 12 – Matilda, duchess of Swabia (died 1048)source
  • 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.source
  • August 4 – Henry I, king of France (born 1008)source
  • October 8 – Hugh V, French noblemansource
  • October 15 – Luka Zhidiata, bishop of Novgorodsource
  • November 14 – Geoffrey II, count of Anjousource
  • December 2 – Gebhard III, bishop of Regensburgsource
  • December 22 – Cynesige, archbishop of Yorksource
  • Isaac I (Komnenos), Byzantine emperorsource
  • Emund the Old, king of Sweden (approximate date)source
  • Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, Italian-Jewish liturgical poet (born 1017)source
  • Andrew I (the Catholic), king of Hungarysource
  • Chaghri Beg, co-ruler of the Seljuk Empire (born 989)source