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December 6
Events Pre-1600 *1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary. *1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. *1492 – After exploring the island of Cuba for gold (which he had mistaken for Japan), Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola. *1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar. 1601–1900 *1648 – Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge". *1704 – Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army. *1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising. *1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia. *1803 – Five French warships attempti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1060
Year 1060 (Roman numerals, MLX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * August 4 – King Henry I of France, Henry I (a member from the House of Capet) dies after a 29-year reign in Vitry-aux-Loges. He is succeeded by his 8-year-old son Philip I of France, Philip I (the Amorous) as king of France in the Middle Ages, France. Philip is too young to rule, and his mother, Queen Anne of Kiev becomes regent. France is administered by Count Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, Baldwin V (one of Philip's uncles) who acts as co-regent. * Summer – Norman forces under Duke Robert Guiscard invade Apulia, and capture the cities of Taranto and Brindisi (under control of the Byzantine Empire). Guiscard prepares a Sicilian expedition against the Saracens and returns to Calabria (Southern Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire), Italy), where his brother Roger I of Sicily, Roger Bosso waits with siege e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
