1061

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political events

Scotland's Malcolm III MacDuncan invades Northumbria as he tries to enlarge the realm he has ruled since his coronation 3 years ago.

Bohemia's Spytihnev dies after an uneventful 6-year reign and is succeeded by his younger brother, who will reign until 1092 as Vratislav II.

The Almoravid sultan Abu Bakr in North Africa goes south to put down a tribal rebellion in the desert, giving command of his troops in the Maghrib to his cousin Yusuf ibn Tashufin. The cousin so endears himself to the people that when Abu Bakr returns he gives up not only his power but also his wife to Yusuf, who will found Marrakech in the next year or so and rule until 1106. When Abu Bakr tries to regain power, Yusuf will push him back to the south, where he will remain until his death in 1087.

religion

Pope Nicholas II dies at Florence in late July after a 1½-year reign and is succeeded September 30 by the deacon Anselm who will reign until 1073 as Alexander II.

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1030s  1040s  1050s  – 1060s –  1070s  1080s  1090s
Years:	1058 1059 1060 – 1061 – 1062 1063 1064

1061 by topic

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1061 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1061 MLXI
Ab urbe condita	1814
Armenian calendar	510 ԹՎ ՇԺ
Bahá'í calendar	-783 – -782
Berber calendar	2011
Buddhist calendar	1605
Burmese calendar	423
Byzantine calendar	6569 – 6570
Chinese calendar	庚子年十二月初七日 (3697/3757-12-7) — to — 辛丑年十一月十七日 (3698/3758-11-17)
Coptic calendar	777 – 778
Ethiopian calendar	1053 – 1054
Hebrew calendar	4821 – 4822
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1116 – 1117
- Shaka Samvat	983 – 984
- Kali Yuga	4162 – 4163
Holocene calendar	11061
Iranian calendar	439 – 440
Islamic calendar	452 – 453
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3394
Thai solar calendar	1604
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Events

• January—Robert de Grantmesnil, his nephew Berengar, half-sister Judith (future wife of Roger I of Sicily), and eleven monks of Saint-Evroul-sur-Ouche are banished from Normandy and head to the Mezzogiorno.
• The Normans conquer Messina in Sicily.
• October 1—Pope Alexander II succeeds Pope Nicholas II as the 156th pope.
• Erection of the Speyer Cathedral in Speyer, Germany, begins.
• Vratislav II becomes duke of Bohemia.
• Most of West Frisia (later known as Holland) is conquered by imperial German armies and given to the Bishop of Utrecht.
• Estonians destroy the castle of Yuryev in Tartu and carry out raids in the Pskov region in Russia.
• Yusuf ben Tashfin succeeds to the throne of Morocco, following the Almoravid conquest.

Births

Deaths

• January 28—Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031)
• July 18 (or July 27)—Pope Nicholas II

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