Year1054(MLIV) was acommon year starting on Saturday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | |
Decades: | |
Years: |
Gregorian calendar | 1054 MLIV |
Ab urbe condita | 1807 |
Armenian calendar | 503 ԹՎ ՇԳ |
Assyrian calendar | 5804 |
Balinese saka calendar | 975–976 |
Bengali calendar | 461 |
Berber calendar | 2004 |
English Regnal year | N/A |
Buddhist calendar | 1598 |
Burmese calendar | 416 |
Byzantine calendar | 6562–6563 |
Chinese calendar | Quý tịNăm (WaterSnake) 3751 or 3544 — to — Giáp ngọ năm (WoodHorse) 3752 or 3545 |
Coptic calendar | 770–771 |
Discordian calendar | 2220 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1046–1047 |
Hebrew calendar | 4814–4815 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 1110–1111 |
-Shaka Samvat | 975–976 |
-Kali Yuga | 4154–4155 |
Holocene calendar | 11054 |
Igbo calendar | 54–55 |
Iranian calendar | 432–433 |
Islamic calendar | 445–446 |
Japanese calendar | Tengi2 ( thiên hỉ 2 năm ) |
Javanese calendar | 957–958 |
Julian calendar | 1054 MLIV |
Korean calendar | 3387 |
Minguo calendar | 858 beforeROC Dân trước 858 năm |
Nanakshahi calendar | −414 |
Seleucid era | 1365/1366AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1596–1597 |
Tibetan calendar | Âm rắn nước năm (female Water-Snake) 1180 or 799 or 27 — to — Dương ngựa gỗ năm (male Wood-Horse) 1181 or 800 or 28 |
Events
editEast-West schism:the ongoing break ofcommunionbetween theRoman CatholicandEastern Orthodoxchurches.
By place
editByzantine Empire
edit- SultanTughrilleads a largeSeljukarmy out ofAzerbaijanintoArmenia,possibly to consolidate his frontier, while providing an incentive to hisTurkomanallies in the form of plunder. Tughril divides his army into four columns, ordering three to veer off to the north to raid into central and northern Armenia, while he takes the fourth column towardsLake Van.TheSeljuk Turkscapture and sack the fortress city ofArtchesh,after an 8-day siege.[1]
Europe
edit- Battle of Mortemer:TheNormans,led by DukeWilliam the Conqueror,defeat a French army (nearMortemer), as it is caught pillaging and plundering. KingHenry I of Francewithdraws his main army from theDuchy of Normandyas a result.Guy I, Count of Ponthieu,is captured during the course of the battle.
Scotland
edit- July 27–Siward,earl ofNorthumbria,invadesScotland,to support KingMalcolm IIIagainstMacbeth,who has usurped the Scottish throne from Malcolm's father,Duncan I.Macbeth is defeated atDunsinane.
Africa
edit- TheAlmoravidsretake the trading center ofAoudaghostfrom theGhana Empire.Repeated Almoravid incursions, aimed at seizing control of the trans-Saharangold trade, disrupt Ghana's dominance of the trade routes.[2]
Asia
edit- Lý Nhật Tôn,third king of theLý Dynasty,begins to rule inVietnam,and changes the country's official name toĐại Việt.
By topic
editAstronomy
edit- July 4(approx.)–SN 1054,asupernova,is first observed by the Chinese, Arabs and possiblyNative Americans,near the starZeta Tauri.[3]For 23 days it remains bright enough to be seen in daylight. Its remnants form theCrab Nebula(NGC1952).[4]
Religion
edit- Spring – PopeLeo IXsends alegatinemission, under CardinalHumbert of Silva Candida,toConstantinople,to negotiate with PatriarchMichael I Cerularius,in response to his actions concerning the church in Constantinople.[5]Leo becomes the first pope directly to invoke the forgedDonation of Constantine,citing a large portion in a letter to Michael, believing it genuine.[6][7][8]
- July 16–East-West Schism:Humbert of Silva Candida, representative of the newly deceased Leo IX, breaks the relations betweenWesternandEastern Churches,through the act of placing an invalidly-issuedPapal Bullof excommunication during the celebration of theDivine Liturgy.
Births
edit- September 2–Sukjong,ruler ofGoryeo(d.1105)
- Al-Hariri of Basra,Abbasidpoetand scholar (d.1122)
- Bohemond I of Antioch,Italo-Normannobleman(approximate date)
- George II(Giorgi), king ofGeorgia(approximate date)
- Judith of Lens,niece ofWilliam the Conqueror(or1055)
- Judith of Swabia,queen consort ofHungary(d. 1105)
- Langri Tangpa,Tibetan Buddhistmaster(d.1123)
- Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona(or1053)
- Tong Guan,Chinese general and adviser (d.1126)
Deaths
edit- February 20–Yaroslav the Wise,Kievan Rus'grand prince(b. c.978)
- March 8–Azelin(Azellinus), bishop ofHildesheim
- April 19–Pope Leo IX,German pontiff of theCatholic Church(b.1002)
- July 19–Bernold(Bernulf), bishop ofUtrecht
- August 25–Fujiwara no Michimasa,Japanese nobleman (b.992)
- August 31–Kunigunde of Altdorf,German noblewoman (b. c.1020)
- September 1–Fortún Sánchez,Navarrese nobleman (b. c.992)
- September 15–García Sánchez III,king ofPamplona(b. c.1012)
- September 24–Hermann of Reichenau,Germanmusic theorist(b.1013)
- Abu Sahl Zawzani,Persian statesman and chief secretary
- Atiśa,TibetanBuddhistleader and master (b. c.980)
- Cacht ingen Ragnaill,queen consort ofMunster
- Nuño Álvarez de Carazo,Castilian nobleman
- Osbern Pentecost,Normanknightand nobleman
- Osgod Clapa(Osgot), Anglo-Saxon nobleman
References
edit- ^Brian Todd Carey (2012).Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare (527–1071),p. 125.ISBN978-1-84884-215-1.
- ^Levtzion, Nehemia;Hopkins, John F.P., eds. (2000), Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West Africa, New York: Marcus Weiner Press.ISBN1-55876-241-8.First published in 1981.
- ^"Journal of Astronomy", part 9, chapter 56 ofHistory of Song,first printing 1340; facsimile on frontispiece of Misner, Thorne, WheelerGravitation,1973.
- ^"Crab Nebula".NASA. July 12, 2016.
- ^Whalen, Brett Whalen (2009).Dominion of God: Christendom and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages,p. 24 (Harvard University Press).
- ^"Donation of Constantine".Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
- ^Migne, Jacques-Paul (1891).Patrologia Latina.Volume 143 (cxliii). Col. 744–769.
- ^Mansi, Giovanni Domenico.Sacrorum Conciliorum Nova Amplissima Collectio.Volume 19 (xix). Col. 635–656.