7 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (4)
In the fourth month, Wang Anshi, Hanlin Academician, was ordered to enter the court out of turn. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷014 熙寧元年)
In the sixth month the Yellow River overflows at Wulanqi in Enzhou and bursts at Caojiangfu in Jizhou, pouring into the area of the northern Ying prefecture. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 續資治通鑑 卷066 (1068년 조))
William gave Northumbria to Earl Robert; the people killed him and 900 men at Durham. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1068 항 (pg657.txt 줄 7224))
When Edgar Ætheling and the Northumbrians came to York, William suddenly attacked from the south with a great army, killed many, and plundered York. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1068 항 (pg657.txt 줄 7224))
Eastern Europe & Russia (1)
The Polovtsy defeat Rus; the citizens of Kyiv rescue Svyatopolk, and Iziaslav flees to the Lyakhs. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1068년)