1068
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| 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 |
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Year 1068 (MLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- January 1 – Eudokia Makrembolitissa marries the general Romanus Diogenes, who becomes Byzantine Emperor.
- March 18 – An earthquake affects the Near East, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shock has a magnitude greater than 7, and leaves about 20,000 people dead.
- September – Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah marries Abu Bakr ibn Umar, leader of the Almoravids, and becomes his queen and co-regent.
- Emperor Go-Sanjō ascends to the throne of Japan.
- William the Conqueror takes Exeter after a brief siege.
- Battle of the Alta River: The Cumans defeat the rulers of Kievan Rus.
- Kiev uprising of 1068: The city of Kiev rebels against Prince Iziaslav Yaroslavich, in the aftermath of the Kievan Rus defeat against the Cumans.
Births
- Henry I of England (d. 1135)
- Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess regent of Brittany (d. 1146) (approximate date)
Deaths
- January 11 – Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
- May 22 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)
- November 10 – Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, regent of Aquitaine
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