1070 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1040s 1050s 1060s – 1070s – 1080s 1090s 1100s
Years:	1067 1068 1069 – 1070 – 1071 1072 1073

Events

Hereward the Wake begins a Saxon revolt in the Fens of eastern England, which later collapses.
Lanfranc, an Italian lawyer, becomes William's formidable Archbishop of Canterbury.
Central 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 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.