Year 1060 (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 (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 (the Amorous) as king of France. Philip is too young to rule, and his mother, Queen Anne of Kiev becomes regent. France is administered by Count 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 Italy), where his brother Roger Bosso waits with siege engines. December 6 – Béla I (the Champion) is crowned king of Hungary after his nephew, Solomon is deprived of the crown. He is supported by Duke Bolesław II (the Generous) – who helps him (with Polish troops) to obtain the Hungarian throne. China The compilation of the New Book of Tang is completed, under a team of scholars led by Ouyang Xiu. Cai Xiang, a Chinese calligrapher and official, publishes his essay Cha Lu ("The Record of Tea"). By topic Religion Anselm enters the Benedictine Bec Abbey in Normandy, as a novice (approximate date). Births February 9 – Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1130) September 18 – Godfrey of Bouillon, French nobleman (d. 1100) Ava (or Ava of Göttweig), German poet (approximate date) Aibert (or Aybert), French monk and hermit (d. 1140) Bernard degli Uberti, bishop of Parma (approximate date) Berthold I, German nobleman (approximate date) Berthold of Garsten, German priest and abbot (d. 1142) Brahmadeva, Indian mathematician (d. 1130) Clementia of Aquitaine, French noblewoman (d. 1142) Diarmait Ua Briain, king of Munster (d. 1118) Duncan II, king of Scotland (approximate date) Constantius Ducas, Byzantine emperor (d. 1081) Diemoth (or Diemudis), German nun and writer (d. 1130) Egbert II, German nobleman (approximate date) Erard I, French nobleman (approximate date) Eric I (the Good), king of Denmark (approximate date) Felicia of Roucy, queen of Aragon and Navarre (d. 1123) Fujiwara no Mototoshi, Japanese nobleman (d. 1142) Gaucherius, French priest and hermit (d. 1140) Godfrey I, count of Louvain (approximate date) Goswin I, count of Heinsberg (approximate date) Gregory of Catino, Italian monk