1061 CE

Count Floris I is ambushed on a retreat from Zaltbommel and killed by German troops at Nederhemert. Most of West Frisia (later part of the County of Holland) is conquered and annexed by the Holy Roman Empire. Pope Nicholas II dies after a 2-year pontificate at Florence. He is succeeded by Alexander II as the 156th pope of the Catholic Church in Rome. Abu Bakr ibn Umar of Almoravids, appoints Yusuf ibn Tashfin as steward of Sous and northern provinces, while campaigning in the southern provinces. Upon his return, daunted by Yusuf's new-found power, Abu Bakr sees any attempts at recapturing his post as politically unfeasible and returns to the fringes of the Sahara to settle the unrest of the southern frontier.

In the 1060s, the 11th century.

Conflict & Security

  • Abu Bakr ibn Umar of Almoravids, appoints Yusuf ibn Tashfin as steward of Sous and northern provinces, while campaigning in the southern provinces. Upon his return, daunted by Yusuf's new-found power, Abu Bakr sees any attempts at recapturing his post as politically unfeasible and returns to the fringes of the Sahara to settle the unrest of the southern frontier.source
  • Sosols (a tribe in Estonia) destroy the Kievan Rus' fortification of Yuryev in Tartu, and carry out a raid on Pskov.source
  • Summer – Norman forces led by Duke Robert Guiscard and his brother Roger I invade Sicily. They land unseen during the night and surprise the Saracen army. Guiscard conquers Messina and marches into central Sicily.source

Religion & Belief

  • The Speyer Cathedral is consecrated in Speyer (modern Germany).source
  • Spring – Robert de Grandmesnil, his nephew Berengar, half-sister Judith (future wife of Roger I), and eleven monks of the Abbey of Saint-Evroul, are banished by Duke William II ("the Bastard") of Normandy for violence, and travel to Southern Italy.source

Crime & Justice

  • June 28 – Count Floris I is ambushed on a retreat from Zaltbommel and killed by German troops at Nederhemert. Most of West Frisia (later part of the County of Holland) is conquered and annexed by the Holy Roman Empire.source

Births

  • Wuyashu, chieftain of the Wanyan tribe (died 1113)source
  • Al-Tughrai, Persian poet and alchemist (died 1121)source
  • Al-Maziri, Zirid imam, jurist and scholar (died 1141)source
  • Roger Borsa, duke of Apulia and Calabria (or 1060)source

Deaths

  • January 28 – Spytihněv II, duke of Bohemia (born 1031)source
  • May 5 – Humbert of Moyenmoutier, French cardinalsource
  • June 28 – Floris I, count of Friesland (west of the Vlie)source
  • July 13 – Beatrice I, German abbess of Quedlinburg (born 1037)source
  • July 27 – Nicholas II, pope of the Catholic Churchsource
  • July 27 – Pope Nicholas II dies after a 2-year pontificate at Florence. He is succeeded by Alexander II as the 156th pope of the Catholic Church in Rome.source
  • Song Qi (Zijing), Chinese statesman and historian (born 998)source
  • Rajaraja Narendra, Indian ruler (born 1022)source
  • Ali ibn Ridwan, Arab physician and astronomer (approximate date)source
  • Gardizi, Persian geographer and historiansource
  • Conrad III, Duke of Carinthia (or Konrad), German noblemansource
  • Henry I, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (or Heinrich), German noblemansource
  • Rúaidhri Ua Flaithbheartaigh, Irish king of Iar Connacht, killedsource
  • Burkhard I, Lord of Zollern (or Burchardus), German nobleman, killedsource