1061

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Years: 1058 1059 1060 - 1061 - 1062 1063 1064

Decades: 1030s 1040s 1050s - 1060s - 1070s 1080s 1090s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

• Normans conquer Messina in Sicily
• Pope Alexander II elected
• The building of the Speyer Cathedral in Speyer, Germany, had begun to be built.

Births

• Vratislav II, (king from 1085), Bohemian aristocrat

Deaths

• January 28 - Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031)
• Pope Nicholas II