1070

Years: 1067 1068 1069 - 1070 - 1071 1072 1073
Decades: 1040s 1050s 1060s - 1070s - 1080s 1090s 1100s
Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

Hereward the Wake begins a Saxon revolt in the Fens of eastern England.
Lanfranc, an Italian lawyer, becomes William's formidable Archbishop of Canterbury.
Central Asian poet Yusuf Balasagun completed Kutadgu Bilig.
Bergen, Norway founded by king Olav Kyrre.

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