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1050
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Year 1050 (ML) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
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Events
By place
Europe
- Hedeby in Jutland is sacked by King Harald Hardrada of Norway, during the course of a conflict with Sweyn II of Denmark.[1][2]
- King Anund Jacob dies after a 28-year reign. He is succeeded by his elder half-brother Emund the Old as king of Sweden.[3][4]
- Macbeth, King of Scotland, makes a pilgrimage to Rome.[5][6][7]
Africa
- Aoudaghost, an important Berber trading center and rival of Koumbi Saleh, is captured by the Ghana Empire.[8][9][10]
By topic
Religion
- King Edward the Confessor unites the English dioceses of Devon and Cornwall. He moves the see from Crediton to Exeter and gives the order to build a cathedral.[11] Leofric becomes the first bishop of Exeter.[12][13][14]
- The brewery of Weltenburg Abbey (modern Germany) is first mentioned, thus making it one of the oldest still operating breweries in the world (approximate date).[15][16][17]
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Births
- November 11 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)[18][19][20]
- Amadeus II, count of Savoy (approximate date)[21]
- Berthold II, duke of Swabia (approximate date)[22][23]
- Bertrand of Comminges, French bishop (d. 1126)[24][25][26]
- Frederick I, duke of Swabia (approximate date)[27]
- Leopold II ("the Fair"), margrave of Austria (d. 1095)[28]
- Lhachen Gyalpo, king of Ladakh (approximate date)[29][30]
- Liutold of Eppenstein, German nobleman (approximate date)[citation needed]
- Li Tang, Chinese landscape painter (approximate date)[31][32][33]
- Lope Íñiguez, lord of Biscay (approximate date)[34]
- Michael VII Doukas, Byzantine emperor (approximate date)[35]
- Muhammad al-Baghdadi, Arab mathematician (d. 1141)[36]
- Muirchertach Ua Briain, king of Munster (approximate date)[37][38]
- Olaf I ("Hunger"), king of Denmark (approximate date)[39]
- Olaf III ("the Peaceful"), king of Norway (approximate date)[40]
- Osbern of Canterbury, English hagiographer (d. 1090)[41]
- Peter the Hermit, French priest (approximate date)[42][43]
- Sophia of Hungary, duchess of Saxony (approximate date)[44]
- Sviatopolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1113)[45][46][47]
- Vidyakara, Indian Buddhist scholar (d. 1130)[citation needed]
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Deaths
- February 10 – Anna, Grand Princess of Kiev (b. 1001)[48][49]
- October 29 – Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury[50][51][52]
- Alferius (or Alferio), Italian abbot and saint (b. 930)[53][54][55]
- Anund Jacob (or James), king of Sweden (b. 1008)[56][57][58]
- Casilda of Toledo, Spanish saint (approximate date)[59][60]
- Constantine Arianites, Byzantine general[61][62][63]
- Einar Thambarskelfir, Norwegian nobleman[64][65]
- Herleva, Norman noblewoman (approximate date)[66]
- Hugh of Langres, French bishop and theologian[67][68]
- Humphrey de Vieilles, Norman nobleman[69]
- Michael Dokeianos, Byzantine general[70][71][72]
- Suryavarman I, king of the Khmer Empire[73][74][75]
- Wifred II, count of Cerdanya and Berga[76][77]
- Zoë, empress of the Byzantine Empire[78][79][80]
References
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