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.
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
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
Births
- February 9 – Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1130)source
- September 18 – Godfrey of Bouillon, French nobleman (d. 1100)source
- September 22 – Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic saint and itinerant preacher (d. 1122)source
- Hui Zong, Chinese emperor (Western Xia) (d. 1086)source
- Constantius Ducas, Byzantine emperor (d. 1081)source
- Berthold of Garsten, German priest and abbot (d. 1142)source
- Duncan II, king of Scotland (approximate date)source
- Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham (d. 1128)source
- Bernard degli Uberti, bishop of Parma (approximate date)source
- Godfrey I, count of Louvain (approximate date)source
- Stephen Harding, English abbot (approximate date)source
- Aibert (or Aybert), French monk and hermit (d. 1140)source
- Odo I (the Red), duke of Burgundy (d. 1102)source
- Gregory of Catino, Italian monk and historiansource
Deaths
- January 18 – Duduc (or Dudoc), bishop of Wellssource
- May 12 – Matilda, duchess of Swabia (d. 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 (b. 1008)source
- October 2 – Everelmus, French hermitsource
- 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
- Emund the Old, king of Sweden (approximate date)source
- Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, Italian-Jewish liturgical poet (b. 1017)source
- Chaghri Beg, co-ruler of the Seljuk Empire (b. 989)source
- Mei Yaochen, poet of the Song Dynasty (b. 1002)source