1055

1055 in variouscalendars
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

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century; 11th century; 12th century;
Decades:	1030s; 1040s; 1050s; 1060s; 1070s;
Years:	1052; 1053; 1054; 1055; 1056; 1057; 1058;

Events

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.

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.

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]

Winter – TheSeljuk Turksled by SultanTughrilcaptureBaghdadand enter the city in a Roman-styled triumph.Al-Malik al-Rahim,the lastBuyidemir inIraq,is taken prisoner.

Construction on theLiaodi PagodainHebeiis completed (the tallest pagoda in Chinese history, standing at a height of 84 m (275 ft) tall).

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).

^Picard, Christophe (2000).Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique.Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109.ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
^MacLean, Mark (1999)."History of Ireleth and Askam-in-Furness".Bruderlin MacLean Publishing Services. Archived fromthe originalon March 5, 2017.RetrievedMarch 30,2016.

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