1055
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1055 by topic |
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Birth and death categories |
Births–Deaths |
Establishments and disestablishments categories |
Establishments–Disestablishments |
Gregorian calendar | 1055 MLV |
Ab urbe condita | 1808 |
Armenian calendar | 504 ԹՎ ՇԴ |
Assyrian calendar | 5805 |
Balinese saka calendar | 976–977 |
Bengali calendar | 462 |
Berber calendar | 2005 |
English Regnal year | N/A |
Buddhist calendar | 1599 |
Burmese calendar | 417 |
Byzantine calendar | 6563–6564 |
Chinese calendar | Giáp ngọNăm (WoodHorse) 3752 or 3545 — to — Ất chưa năm (WoodGoat) 3753 or 3546 |
Coptic calendar | 771–772 |
Discordian calendar | 2221 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1047–1048 |
Hebrew calendar | 4815–4816 |
Hindu calendars | |
-Vikram Samvat | 1111–1112 |
-Shaka Samvat | 976–977 |
-Kali Yuga | 4155–4156 |
Holocene calendar | 11055 |
Igbo calendar | 55–56 |
Iranian calendar | 433–434 |
Islamic calendar | 446–447 |
Japanese calendar | Tengi3 ( thiên hỉ 3 năm ) |
Javanese calendar | 958–959 |
Julian calendar | 1055 MLV |
Korean calendar | 3388 |
Minguo calendar | 857 beforeROC Dân trước 857 năm |
Nanakshahi calendar | −413 |
Seleucid era | 1366/1367AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1597–1598 |
Tibetan calendar | Dương ngựa gỗ năm (male Wood-Horse) 1181 or 800 or 28 — to — Âm mộc dương năm (female Wood-Goat) 1182 or 801 or 29 |
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1055(MLV) was acommon year starting on Sundayof theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- January 11– EmperorConstantine IX Monomachosdies after a 12½-year reign atConstantinople.He is succeeded byTheodora(a sister of the former EmpressZoë), who is proclaimed by theimperial guard(with strong opposition from the council) as empress of theByzantine Empire.
Europe
[edit]- KingFerdinand I of León( "the Great" ) begins his campaign againstal-Andalus.He conquersSeiafrom theChristianallies of the Muslimtaifas.[1]In a drive to consolidate his southern border inPortugalhe re-populates the city ofZamorawith some of hisCantabrian(montañeses) subjects.
England
[edit]- October 24–Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia,is outlawed by thewitan( "meeting of wise men" ). In revenge he builds a force and allies himself with the Welsh kingGruffydd ap Llywelyn.After defeatingRalph the Timid(a nephew of KingEdward the Confessor), they attackHerefordand raid the church – taking everything of value, leaving the building on fire. The rebels also attackLeominster.
- Edward the Confessor givesTostig Godwinson(upon the death of EarlSiward) the important position as earl ofNorthumbriaand the difficult mission of bringing the northern state under control.[2]
Arabian Empire
[edit]- Winter – TheSeljuk Turksled by SultanTughrilcaptureBaghdadand enter the city in a Roman-styled triumph.Al-Malik al-Rahim,the lastBuyidemir inIraq,is taken prisoner.
By topic
[edit]Architecture
[edit]- Construction on theLiaodi PagodainHebeiis completed (the tallest pagoda in Chinese history, standing at a height of 84 m (275 ft) tall).
Religion
[edit]- KingAndrew I of Hungary( "the Catholic" ) establishes the BenedictineTihany Abbey.Itsfoundation charteris the earliest written record extant in the Hungarian language.
- April 13–Pope Victor IIsucceedsLeo IXas the 153rdpopeof theCatholic ChurchinRome(until1057).
Births
[edit]- August 16–Malik-Shah I,sultan of theSeljuk Empire(d.1092)
- September 28–Uicheon,KoreanBuddhistmonk (d.1101)
- Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde,Germannoblewoman(d.1100)
- Alger of Liège,Frenchclergymanand priest (d.1131)
- Bertha of Holland,Frenchqueen consort(d.1094)
- Fujiwara no Akisue,Japanese nobleman (d.1123)
- Gilbert Crispin,Normanabbotand theologian (d.1117)
- Gruffudd ap Cynan,king ofGwynedd(approximate date)
- Hildebert,French hagiographer and theologian (d.1133)
- Ida of Austria,German duchess and crusader (d. 1101)
- Judith of Lens,niece ofWilliam the Conqueror(or1054)
- Machig Labdrön,Tibetan Buddhist teacher (d.1149)
- Minamoto no Shunrai,Japanesepoet(d.1129)
- Terken Khatun,Seljuk empress (approximate date)
- Vigrahapala III,ruler of thePala Empire(d.1070)
Deaths
[edit]- January 10–Bretislav I,duke ofBohemia
- January 11–Constantine IX,Byzantine emperor
- April 10–Conrad II,duke ofBavaria(b.1052)
- May 26–Adalbert,margrave ofAustria
- August 28–Xing Zong,Chinese emperor (b.1016)
- November 13–Welf III,duke ofCarinthia
- December 5–Conrad I,duke of Bavaria
- A Nong,Chineseshamaness,matriarch and warrior
- Benedict I,Hungarian politician and archbishop
- Boniface IV Frederick,margrave ofTuscany
- Gruffydd ap Rhydderch,king ofDeheubarth
- Mauger(orMalger), archbishop ofRouen
- Nong Zhigao,Vietnamese chieftain ofNong
- Rinchen Zangpo,Tibetan Buddhist monk (b.958)
- Siward(orSigurd), earl ofNorthumbria
- Theodore Aaronios,Byzantine governor
- Yan Shu,Chinese statesman and poet (b.991)
References
[edit]- ^Picard, Christophe (2000).Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique.Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109.ISBN2-7068-1398-9.
- ^MacLean, Mark (1999)."History of Ireleth and Askam-in-Furness".Bruderlin MacLean Publishing Services. Archived fromthe originalon March 5, 2017.RetrievedMarch 30,2016.