1061 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1030s 1040s 1050s – 1060s – 1070s 1080s 1090s
Years:	1058 1059 1060 – 1061 – 1062 1063 1064

The year 1061 was a time of many changes and important events. It was a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar, which was the calendar used back then.

Events in 1061

In January, a group of people, including an archbishop named Robert de Grantmesnil, had to leave Normandy. They traveled to a region in southern Italy called the Mezzogiorno.
On October 1, Pope Alexander II became the new pope, taking over from Pope Nicholas II. He was the 156th pope.
The Normans, who were a powerful group of people, captured the city of Messina in Sicily.
Building work started on the Speyer Cathedral in Speyer, Germany. This was a very large church.
Vratislav II became the new duke, or ruler, of Bohemia.
Most of West Frisia, an area that later became part of Holland, was taken over by German armies. It was then given to the Bishop of Utrecht.
In Estonia, people destroyed the castle of Yuryev in Tartu. They also carried out raids in the Pskov region of Russia.

Yusuf ben Tashfin became the new ruler of Morocco. This happened after the Almoravid people took control of the area.

January 28 – Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia, who was a ruler.
July 18 or July 27 – Pope Nicholas II, who was the leader of the Catholic Church before Pope Alexander II.