1060

Year 1060 (MLX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Europe

 * August 4 – King Henry I (a member from the House of Capet) dies after a 29-year reign in Vitry-aux-Loges. He is succeeded by his 8-year-old son Philip I (the Amorous) as king of France. Philip is too young to rule, and his mother, Queen Anne of Kiev becomes regent. France is administered by Count Baldwin V (one of Philip's uncles) who acts as co-regent.
 * Summer – Norman forces under Duke Robert Guiscard invade Apulia, and capture the cities of Taranto and Brindisi (under control of the Byzantine Empire). Guiscard prepares a Sicilian expedition against the Saracens and returns to Calabria (Southern Italy), where his brother Roger Bosso waits with siege engines.
 * December 6 – Béla I (the Champion) is crowned king of Hungary after his nephew, Solomon is deprived of the crown. He is supported by Duke Bolesław II (the Generous) – who helps him (with Polish troops) to obtain the Hungarian throne.

China

 * The compilation of the New Book of Tang is completed, under a team of scholars led by Ouyang Xiu.

Religion

 * Anselm enters the Benedictine Bec Abbey in Normandy, as a novice (approximate date).

Births

 * February 9 – Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1130)
 * September 18 – Godfrey of Bouillon, French nobleman (d. 1100)
 * September 22 – Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic saint and itinerant preacher (d. 1122)
 * Ava (or Ava of Göttweig), German poet (approximate date)
 * Aibert (or Aybert), French monk and hermit (d. 1140)
 * Bernard degli Uberti, bishop of Parma (approximate date)
 * Berthold I, German nobleman (approximate date)
 * Berthold of Garsten, German priest and abbot (d. 1142)
 * Brahmadeva, Indian mathematician (d. 1130)
 * Clementia of Aquitaine, French noblewoman (d. 1142)
 * Diarmait Ua Briain, king of Munster (d. 1118)
 * Duncan II, king of Scotland (approximate date)
 * Constantius Ducas, Byzantine emperor (d. 1081)
 * Diemoth (or Diemudis), German nun and writer (d. 1130)
 * Egbert II, German nobleman (approximate date)
 * Erard I, French nobleman (approximate date)
 * Eric I (the Good), king of Denmark (approximate date)
 * Felicia of Roucy, queen of Aragon and Navarre (d. 1123)
 * Fujiwara no Mototoshi, Japanese nobleman (d. 1142)
 * Gaucherius, French priest and hermit (d. 1140)
 * Godfrey I, count of Louvain (approximate date)
 * Goswin I, count of Heinsberg (approximate date)
 * Gregory of Catino, Italian monk and historian
 * Hamelin de Ballon, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
 * Herman II, margrave of Baden (approximate date)
 * Hui Zong, Chinese emperor (Western Xia) (d. 1086)
 * Mafalda of Pulla-Calabria, Norman noblewoman (d. 1108)
 * Odo of Tournai, bishop of Cambrai (d. 1113)
 * Odo I (the Red), duke of Burgundy (d. 1102)
 * Olegarius, archbishop of Tarragona (d. 1137)
 * Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham (d. 1128)
 * Richard of Salerno, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
 * Roger Borsa, Norman nobleman (or 1061)
 * Stephen Harding, English abbot (approximate date)
 * Tokushi, Japanese empress consort (d. 1114)
 * Walo II (or Galon II), French nobleman (d. 1098)

Deaths

 * January 18 – Duduc (or Dudoc), bishop of Wells
 * May 12 – Matilda, duchess of Swabia (d. 1048)
 * August 4 – Henry I, king of France (b. 1008)
 * October 2 – Everelmus, French hermit
 * October 8 – Hugh V, French nobleman
 * October 15 – Luka Zhidiata, bishop of Novgorod
 * November 14 – Geoffrey II, count of Anjou
 * December 2 – Gebhard III, bishop of Regensburg
 * December 22 – Cynesige, archbishop of York
 * Abbas ibn Shith, king (malik) of the Ghurid Dynasty
 * Abdallah ibn Al-Aftas, founder of the Aftasid Dynasty
 * Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, Italian-Jewish liturgical poet (b. 1017)
 * Andrew I (the Catholic), king of Hungary
 * Chaghri Beg, co-ruler of the Seljuk Empire (b. 989)
 * Dharma Pala, ruler of the Pala Dynasty (b. 1035)
 * Dominic Loricatus, Italian monk and hermit (b. 995)
 * Emund the Old, king of Sweden (approximate date)
 * Esico of Ballenstedt, German nobleman (approximate date)
 * Igor Yaroslavich, prince of Smolensk (b. 1036)
 * Isaac I (Komnenos), Byzantine emperor
 * Mei Yaochen, poet of the Song Dynasty (b. 1002)
 * Otto I (or Odon), count of Savoy (approximate date)
 * Pons II (or Pons William), count of Toulouse (b. 991)
 * William I, Norman nobleman (approximate date)