1050

Year 1050 (ML) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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.
• King Anund Jacob dies after a 28-year reign. He is succeeded by his elder half-brother Emund the Old as king of Sweden.
• Macbeth, King of Scotland, makes a pilgrimage to Rome.

Africa

• Aoudaghost, an important Berber trading center and rival of Koumbi Saleh, is captured by the Ghana Empire.

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. Leofric becomes the first bishop of Exeter.
• 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).

Births

• November 11 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)
• Amadeus II, count of Savoy (approximate date)
• Berthold II, duke of Swabia (approximate date)
• Bertrand of Comminges, French bishop (d. 1126)
• Frederick I, duke of Swabia (approximate date)
• Leopold II ("the Fair"), margrave of Austria (d. 1095)
• Lhachen Gyalpo, king of Ladakh (approximate date)
• Liutold of Eppenstein, German nobleman (approximate date)
• Li Tang, Chinese landscape painter (approximate date)
• Lope Íñiguez, lord of Biscay (approximate date)
• Michael VII Doukas, Byzantine emperor (approximate date)
• Muhammad al-Baghdadi, Arab mathematician (d. 1141)
• Muirchertach Ua Briain, king of Munster (approximate date)
• Olaf I ("Hunger"), king of Denmark (approximate date)
• Olaf III ("the Peaceful"), king of Norway (approximate date)
• Osbern of Canterbury, English hagiographer (d. 1090)
• Peter the Hermit, French priest (approximate date)
• Sophia of Hungary, duchess of Saxony (approximate date)
• Sviatopolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1113)
• Vidyakara, Indian Buddhist scholar (d. 1130)

Deaths

• February 10 – Anna, Grand Princess of Kiev (b. 1001)
• October 29 – Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury
• Alferius (or Alferio), Italian abbot and saint (b. 930)
• Anund Jacob (or James), king of Sweden (b. 1008)
• Casilda of Toledo, Spanish saint (approximate date)
• Constantine Arianites, Byzantine general
• Einar Thambarskelfir, Norwegian nobleman
• Herleva, Norman noblewoman (approximate date)
• Hugh of Langres, French bishop and theologian
• Humphrey de Vieilles, Norman nobleman
• Michael Dokeianos, Byzantine general
• Suryavarman I, king of the Khmer Empire
• Wifred II, count of Cerdanya and Berga
• Zoë, empress of the Byzantine Empire

References

1. IBM 1050
2. 1050 AM
3. Atari 1050
4. IC 1050
5. 1050s BC
6. CHUM (AM)
7. UNIVAC 1050
8. GeForce 10 series
9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
10. 1050 aluminium alloy
11. Middle High German
12. Bréguet 1050 Alizé
13. List of highways numbered 1000–1499
14. WEPN (AM)
15. Middle Dutch
16. Germany
17. Aero Commander 100
18. Daimler-Benz DB 605
19. Austria
20. Triumph Tiger 1050