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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}} {{Year nav|1069}} {{Year in various calendars|1069}} {{Year article header|1069}} [[File:Wang Anshi.jpg|thumb|alt=Wang Anshi ('Duke of Jing') (1021–1086) |Wang Anshi ('Duke of Jing') (1021–1086)]] == Events == * [[Harrying of the North]]: King William of England ([[William the Conqueror]]) reacts to rebellions made by his Anglo Saxon subjects against him. He rides through the north of England with his army and burns houses, crops, cattle and land from [[York]] to [[Durham]], which results in the deaths of over 100,000 people, mainly from [[starvation]] and winter cold. * [[William the Conqueror]] founds the [[Norman architecture|Norman]] [[Selby Abbey]]. * [[Abbad III al-Mu'tamid]] succeeds his father on the throne of [[Sevilla]]. * [[Shenzong]] appoints [[Wang Anshi]] as his chief counsellor. * [[Wang Anshi]], chancellor of the Chinese [[Song Dynasty]], implements the New Policies, which include financial reforms, raising the salaries of officials to reduce corruption, institution of the [[baojia system]], etc. * Start of [[Nam tiến]], the southward expansion of the territory of [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Les frontieres du Vietnam|author=Nguyen The Anh|publisher=Edition l’Harmattan|year=1989|editor=Lafont, P. B.|location=Paris|chapter=Le Nam tien dans les textes Vietnamiens}}</ref> * [[Magnus II of Norway]] dies and [[Olav III of Norway|Olav III]] becomes sole King of [[Norway]]. * The [[Seljuk Turks]] fail to capture [[Iconium]], following a Byzantine counter-attack launched from Syria. == Deaths == * [[Aldred]], [[archbishop]] of [[York]] * [[Ibn Hazm]], [[Muslim]] [[Philosophy|philosopher]] and [[Theology|theologian]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1069}} [[Category:1069| ]]