1066
Events
- March 20 – Halley's Comet reaches perihelion, it is subsequently recorded in the Bayeux Tapestry
- October 14 – Battle of Hastings, fought between King Harold II of England and Duke William of Normandy: Harold was killed and William victorious.
- December 30 – Granada massacre: A Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada, crucifies Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacres most of the Jewish population of the city.
Births
Deaths
- October 14 - Harold Godwinson, last King of Anglo-Saxon England.
