Editing 1068 (section)

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* [[Norman conquest of southern Italy]]: Norman forces under [[Robert Guiscard]] (duke of [[County of Apulia and Calabria|Apulia and Calabria]]) lay [[siege]] to the Byzantine city of [[Bari]].
* [[Battle of the Alta River]]: The [[Cumans]] defeat the [[Kievan Rus']] forces of Grand Prince [[Iziaslav I of Kiev|Iziaslav I]], and his brothers [[Sviatoslav II of Kiev|Sviatoslav II]] and [[Vsevolod I of Kiev|Vsevolod I]].
* [[Kiev uprising of 1068|Kiev Uprising]]: The city of [[Kiev]] rebels against Iziaslav I, in the aftermath of the Kievan Rus' defeat against the Cumans.
* [[Rethra]] destruction: In the Annals of Augsburg, the Slavic city is mentioned for the last time under the year 1068. It is captured by bishop [[Burchard II (bishop of Halberstadt)|Burchard]], who destroys their temple and abducts the sacred white horse living there.<ref name="Schmidt">{{cite book | title=Das historische Pommern. Personen, Orte, Ereignisse. Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Pommern | publisher=Böhlau | author=Schmidt, Roderich | year=2009 | pages=75–76 |isbn=978-3-412-20436-5}}</ref>