1070

Events

* Hereward the Wake begins a Saxon revolt in the Fens of eastern England, which later collapses.
* Lanfranc, an Italian lawyer, becomes William's formidable Archbishop of Canterbury.
* Central Asian poet Yusuf Balasagun completes the "Kutadgu Bilig".
* Bergen, Norway is founded by the king Olav Kyrre. This will function as the main city and capital of Norway, until it is replaced by Oslo in 1314.
* Abu Bakr Ibn-Umar founds Marrakesh.
* Chinese Chancellor Wang Anshi starts the Xining Reforms (which last until 1085).
* The Temple of Literature is established in the capital of Vietnam.
* A successful Byzantine counter-attack drives the Seljuk Turks across the Euphrates.
* Song Dynasty Chinese astronomer, engineer, and statesman Su Song completes the compilation of the "Ben Cao Tu Jing", a pharmaceutical treatise with related subjects of botany, zoology, mineralogy, and metallurgy.

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Deaths

* Baldwin VI of Flanders (b. 1030)