1070

For alternate uses, see Number 1070 .

Events

• Hereward the Wake begins a Saxon revolt in the Fens of eastern England.
• Lanfranc, an Italian lawyer, becomes William's formidable Archbishop of Canterbury.
• Central Asian poet Yusuf Balasagun completed Kutadgu Bilig.
• Bergen, Norway founded by king Olav Kyrre.

Births

Deaths

• Baldwin VI of Flanders (b. 1030)