1069

1069 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1069; MLXIX
Ab urbe condita	1822
Armenian calendar	518; ԹՎ ՇԺԸ
Assyrian calendar	5819
Balinese saka calendar	990–991
Bengali calendar	476
Berber calendar	2019
English Regnal year	3 Will. 1 – 4 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar	1613
Burmese calendar	431
Byzantine calendar	6577–6578
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey); 3766 or 3559; — to —; 己酉年 (Earth Rooster); 3767 or 3560
Coptic calendar	785–786
Discordian calendar	2235
Ethiopian calendar	1061–1062
Hebrew calendar	4829–4830
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1125–1126
- Shaka Samvat	990–991
- Kali Yuga	4169–4170
Holocene calendar	11069
Igbo calendar	69–70
Iranian calendar	447–448
Islamic calendar	461–462
Japanese calendar	Jiryaku 5 / Enkyū 1; (延久元年)
Javanese calendar	973–974
Julian calendar	1069; MLXIX
Korean calendar	3402
Minguo calendar	843 before ROC; 民前843年
Nanakshahi calendar	−399
Seleucid era	1380/1381 AG
Thai solar calendar	1611–1612
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年; (male Earth-Monkey); 1195 or 814 or 42; — to —; 阴土鸡年; (female Earth-Rooster); 1196 or 815 or 43

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century; 11th century ; 12th century;
Decades:	1040s; 1050s; 1060s ; 1070s; 1080s;
Years:	1066; 1067; 1068; 1069 ; 1070; 1071; 1072;

1069 (MLXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1069th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 69th year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1060s decade. As of the start of 1069, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

Spring – Emperor Romanos IV begins a campaign against the Seljuk Turks, and marches towards the Euphrates via Melitene. He crosses the river at Romanopolis (modern Turkey), and captures the strategic fortress city of Chliat on the north-western shore of Lake Van. Romanos leaves a Byzantine rear guard on the upper Euphrates under General Philaretos Brachamios with orders to defend the Mesopotamian frontier.^[1]
Seljuk forces under Alp Arslan defeat the Byzantine rear guard and advance deep into Cappadocia and Lycaonia. They plunder at will, but fail to capture the city of Iconium. Romanos retreats and returns to Constantinople. Alp Arslan takes advantage of Romanos' retreat and captures Manzikert. He recaptures the strategical fortress cities of Chliat and Van, consolidating his control over the Lake Van region.^[2]

Spring – Romanos IV sends a Byzantine fleet (supported with an army) to relieve the siege of Bari. The Normans under Robert Guiscard defeat the Byzantines, and occupy the cities of Gravina and Obbiano in Apulia.
February 28 – King Abbad II al-Mu'tadid dies after a 27-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, who becomes the ruler of the Taifa of Seville in Al-Andalus (until 1091).

January 28 – Northumbrians kill the new Norman earl of Northumbria, Robert de Comines, at Durham, and attack York.^[3]
King Sweyn II of Denmark lands a fleet in the Humber in support of the Northumbrian rebels and they join him to burn York, attacking its two castles and destroying the old Minster.^[3]
At Stafford, William the Conqueror swiftly defeats a rebellion led by Edwin, Earl of Mercia.^[3]
Winter of 1069–1070 – Harrying of the North: King William the Conqueror quells rebellions made by his English subjects against his rule, campaigning through the north of England with his forces, burning houses, crops, cattle and land from York to Durham, resulting in the deaths of over 100,000 people, mainly from starvation and winter cold.^[4]

Emperor Shenzong of Song China appoints Wang Anshi as his chief chancellor. He implements the New Policies, which include financial and trade reforms, defense and order, institution of the baojia system, etc.
Nam tiến, the southward expansion of the territory of Đại Việt (modern Vietnam), begins when a Lý dynasty army attacks Champa, capturing King Rudravarman III.^[5]

Anseau of Garlande, French nobleman (d. 1118)
Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa, Japanese samurai
Leo Diogenes, Byzantine co-emperor (d. 1087)
Approximate date
- Mieszko Bolesławowic, Polish prince (d.1089)
- Diego Gelmírez, Galician archbishop

^ Finlay, George (1854). History of the Byzantine and Greek Empires from 1057–1453, p. 35. William Blackwood & Sons.
^ Carey, Brian Todd (2012). Road to Manzikert – Byzantine and Islamic Warfare (527–1071), p. 134. ISBN 978-1-84884-215-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 52–53. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ "Norman Britain". British History Timeline. BBC. Retrieved December 23, 2007.
^ Nguyen The Anh (1989). "Le Nam tien dans les textes Vietnamiens". In Lafont, P. B. (ed.). Les frontieres du Vietnam. Paris: Edition l’Harmattan.

Gregorian calendar	1069 MLXIX
Ab urbe condita	1822
Armenian calendar	518 ԹՎ ՇԺԸ
Assyrian calendar	5819
Balinese saka calendar	990–991
Bengali calendar	476
Berber calendar	2019
English Regnal year	3 Will. 1 – 4 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar	1613
Burmese calendar	431
Byzantine calendar	6577–6578
Chinese calendar	戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3766 or 3559 — to — 己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 3767 or 3560
Coptic calendar	785–786
Discordian calendar	2235
Ethiopian calendar	1061–1062
Hebrew calendar	4829–4830
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1125–1126
- Shaka Samvat	990–991
- Kali Yuga	4169–4170
Holocene calendar	11069
Igbo calendar	69–70
Iranian calendar	447–448
Islamic calendar	461–462
Japanese calendar	Jiryaku 5 / Enkyū 1 (延久元年)
Javanese calendar	973–974
Julian calendar	1069 MLXIX
Korean calendar	3402
Minguo calendar	843 before ROC 民前843年
Nanakshahi calendar	−399
Seleucid era	1380/1381 AG
Thai solar calendar	1611–1612
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1195 or 814 or 42 — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1196 or 815 or 43