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1066

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 10th century11th century12th century
Decades: 1030s  1040s  1050s  – 1060s –  1070s  1080s  1090s
Years: 1063 1064 106510661067 1068 1069
1066 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1066
MLXVI
Ab urbe condita1819
Armenian calendar515
ԹՎ ՇԺԵ
Assyrian calendar5816
Balinese saka calendar987–988
Bengali calendar473
Berber calendar2016
English Regnal yearWill. 1
Buddhist calendar1610
Burmese calendar428
Byzantine calendar6574–6575
Chinese calendar乙巳(Wood Snake)
3762 or 3702
    — to —
丙午年 (Fire Horse)
3763 or 3703
Coptic calendar782–783
Discordian calendar2232
Ethiopian calendar1058–1059
Hebrew calendar4826–4827
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1122–1123
 - Shaka Samvat987–988
 - Kali Yuga4166–4167
Holocene calendar11066
Igbo calendar66–67
Iranian calendar444–445
Islamic calendar458–459
Japanese calendarJiryaku 2
(治暦2年)
Javanese calendar969–971
Julian calendar1066
MLXVI
Korean calendar3399
Minguo calendar846 before ROC
民前846年
Nanakshahi calendar−402
Seleucid era1377/1378 AG
Thai solar calendar1608–1609
Tibetan calendar阴木蛇年
(female Wood-Snake)
1192 or 811 or 39
    — to —
阳火马年
(male Fire-Horse)
1193 or 812 or 40

1066 (MLXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1066th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 66th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 11th century, and the 7th year of the 1060s decade. As of the start of 1066, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

William I ('the Conqueror') (r. 1066–1087)
William I ('the Conqueror') (r. 1066–1087)

1066 was a year which brought great changes in England. The land had four kings during the year. The year started under Anglo-Saxon rule, and ended under Norman rule. This was the only occasion since Roman Britain when the entire country was successfully invaded.

There were four kings during the year: Edward the Confessor (to 5 January 1066), Harold Godwinson (to 14 October 1066), Edgar the Ætheling (to 10 December 1066), and finally William I, Duke of Normandy.