History
1068
General
Population: 287 Million*
- Entertainment: "Shotoku Taishi Eden" becomes the oldest Yamatoe style painting still in existence
Asia
- China: She-tsung the Emperor of China starts nationalization of agricultural production and distribution
Sung dynasty prime minister Wang An-shih (Wang Anshi) tries to reform China but leaves it vulnerable to Mongol takeover by Genghis Khan
Europe
- England: Nationalist risings in north and west of England crushed by William I
Famine and plague after severe winter in England
Revolts by Edwin and Morcar
Edgar the Aethling declared King of England by the Witengamot stages revolt – Edgar flees to Scotland and his sister Margaret marries Malcolm III
- Wales: First invasion of South Wales by Normans