1068
year
1068 (MLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1068th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 68th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 11th century, and the 9th year of the 1060s decade. As of the start of 1068, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
Decades: | 1030s 1040s 1050s – 1060s – 1070s 1080s 1090s |
Years: | 1065 1066 1067 – 1068 – 1069 1070 1071 |
Gregorian calendar | 1068 MLXVIII |
Ab urbe condita | 1821 |
Armenian calendar | 517 ԹՎ ՇԺԷ |
Assyrian calendar | 5818 |
Balinese saka calendar | 989–990 |
Bengali calendar | 475 |
Berber calendar | 2018 |
English Regnal year | 2 Will. 1 – 3 Will. 1 |
Buddhist calendar | 1612 |
Burmese calendar | 430 |
Byzantine calendar | 6576–6577 |
Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3764 or 3704 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3765 or 3705 |
Coptic calendar | 784–785 |
Discordian calendar | 2234 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1060–1061 |
Hebrew calendar | 4828–4829 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1124–1125 |
- Shaka Samvat | 989–990 |
- Kali Yuga | 4168–4169 |
Holocene calendar | 11068 |
Igbo calendar | 68–69 |
Iranian calendar | 446–447 |
Islamic calendar | 460–461 |
Japanese calendar | Jiryaku 4 (治暦4年) |
Javanese calendar | 972–973 |
Julian calendar | 1068 MLXVIII |
Korean calendar | 3401 |
Minguo calendar | 844 before ROC 民前844年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −400 |
Seleucid era | 1379/1380 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1610–1611 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1194 or 813 or 41 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1195 or 814 or 42 |
Events
change- January 1 – Eudocia Macrembolitissa marries the general Romanus Diogenes who becomes Byzantine Emperor
- Emperor Go-Sanjō ascends the throne of Japan
- William the Conqueror takes Exeter, England after a brief siege
- Saint Herfast becomes the first Lord Chancellor of England in London, England at the age of 68. He does the job for two years before he retires
Births
change- September 1 – King Henry I of England, English royal (d. 1135)