What is 1070?
{{Year nav|1070}} {{Year in various calendars|1070}} {{Year article header|1070}} == Events == * [[Hereward the Wake]] begins a [[Saxon people|Saxon]] revolt in the Fens of eastern [[England]], which later collapses. * [[Lanfranc]], an [[Italy|Italian]] [[lawyer]], becomes [[William I of England|William's]] formidable [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. * Central [[Asian people|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|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]]. == Deaths == * [[Baldwin VI of Flanders]] (b. [[1030]]) [[Category:1070| ]]