1056
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1056 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1056 MLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1809 |
| Armenian calendar | 505 ԹՎ ՇԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5806 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 977–978 |
| Bengali calendar | 463 |
| Berber calendar | 2006 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1600 |
| Burmese calendar | 418 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6564–6565 |
| Chinese calendar | Ất chưaNăm (WoodGoat) 3753 or 3546 — to — Bính thân năm (FireMonkey) 3754 or 3547 |
| Coptic calendar | 772–773 |
| Discordian calendar | 2222 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1048–1049 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4816–4817 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 1112–1113 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 977–978 |
| -Kali Yuga | 4156–4157 |
| Holocene calendar | 11056 |
| Igbo calendar | 56–57 |
| Iranian calendar | 434–435 |
| Islamic calendar | 447–448 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengi4 ( thiên hỉ ４ năm ) |
| Javanese calendar | 959–960 |
| Julian calendar | 1056 MLVI |
| Korean calendar | 3389 |
| Minguo calendar | 856 beforeROC Dân trước 856 năm |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −412 |
| Seleucid era | 1367/1368AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1598–1599 |
| Tibetan calendar | Âm mộc dương năm (female Wood-Goat) 1182 or 801 or 29 — to — Dương hỏa năm con khỉ (male Fire-Monkey) 1183 or 802 or 30 |
Year1056(MLVI) was aleap year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- August 31– EmpressTheodora(a sister of the former EmpressZoë) dies after a 18-month reign, by a sudden illness atConstantinople.She is succeeded byMichael VI Bringas( "the Old" ), who had served asmilitary finance ministerunder the former EmperorRomanos III.Michael is appointed through the influence ofLeo Paraspondylos,Theodora's most trusted adviser. This ends theMacedonian dynasty.[1]
- Theodosius,a nephew of the former EmperorConstantine IX,tries to usurp the Byzantine throne, and liberates all the prisoners who flock to his banner. With their support, he marches through the streets of Constantinople to the Palace. There, theVarangian Guardforms outside to stop him. Theodosius loses heart and heads forHagia Sophia.Later he is captured, and exiled toPergamon.
Europe
[edit]- October 5–Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor( "the Black" ) dies after a 10-year reign atBodfeld,an imperial hunting lodge (Königspfalz) in theHarz Mountains.He is succeeded by his 5-year-old only sonHenry IVas "king of the Germans" and enthroned by PopeVictor II(also a German) atAachen– while his mother, EmpressAgnes of Poitou,becomes co-regent.[2]
- Ottokar I,count ofSteyr,becomesmargraveof theKarantanianMarch (later known asStyria).
Britain
[edit]- June 16– In response to the attack onHerefordCathedral in1055,Leofgarthe bishop of Hereford takes an army intoWalesto deal with the Welsh princeGruffydd ap Llywelyn.He along with a large number of English troops is killed in battle atGlasbury-on-Wye by the Welsh. EarlHarold Godwinsonraises an army to take revenge, but comes to peaceful terms with Gruffydd.[3]
Northern Africa
[edit]- Battle of Tabfarillain modern dayMauritania:TheAlmoravidsare crushed by theGodalaand their Emir.
- Yahya ibn Umar al-Lamtunifalls.
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- ThePagoda of Fogong TempleatShanxiin northernChinais built during theLiao dynasty.Work begins on thePizhi PagodaofLingyan TempleatShandongunder the opposingSong dynasty.
- Dromtön,an Atiśa chief disciple, foundsReting Monasteryin theReting TsangpoValley (north ofLhasa) as the seat ofKadamlineage ofTibetan Buddhism.
- The Muslims expel 300ChristiansfromJerusalem,and European Christians are forbidden to enter theChurch of the Holy Sepulcher.
Births
[edit]- July 24–Al-Muqtadi,caliph of theAbbasid Caliphate(d.1094)
- Abdallah ibn Buluggin( "the Conqueror" ), emir ofGranada
- Baldwin II of Mons,count ofHainaut(approximate date)
- Ermengol IV, Count of Urgell(or Armengol), Spanishnobleman(d.1092)
- Fujiwara no Kiyohira,Japanese nobleman andsamurai(d.1128)
- Hildegarde of Burgundy,French noblewoman (approximate date)
- Nestor the Chronicler,Russian monk and historian (d.1114) (approximate date)
- Sæmundr fróði(Sæmundur Sigfússon), Icelandic priest and scholar (d.1133)
- Zhou Bangyan,Chinese bureaucrat andcipoet (d.1121)
Deaths
[edit]- February 10–Æthelstan,English bishop ofHereford
- February 11–Herman II(or Heriman), archbishop ofCologne
- June 16–Leofgar(or Leovegard), English bishop of Hereford, killed in battle
- August 31
- Odda of Deerhurst,English nobleman
- Theodora,empress regnant of theByzantine Empire[4]
- September 10–William,margrave of theNordmark
- October 5–Henry III( "the Black" ), Holy Roman Emperor (b.1017)[5]
- November 25–Flann Mainistreach,Irish poet and historian
- Áed Ua Forréid,bishop ofArmagh(Church of Ireland)
- Anselm of Liège,French chronicler (approximate date)
- Benedict IX,pope of theCatholic Church(approximate date)
- Ekkehard IV,Swiss monk and chronicler (approximate date)
- Hilal al-Sabi',Buyid historian, bureaucrat and writer
- Leo of Ohrid,Byzantine archbishop and theologian
- Yahya ibn Umar al-Lamtuni,Almoravid chieftain
References
[edit]- ^John Julius Norwich (1991).Byzantium: The Apogee – Michael the Aged,p. 327.ISBN0-394-53779-3.
- ^Jonathan Riley-Smith (2004).The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume IV – Part II (c. 1024–c. 1198),p. 50.ISBN978-0-521-41411-1.
- ^Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996).Handbook of British Chronology,p. 217. Cambridge University Press.ISBN0-521-56350-X.
- ^"Theodora - Byzantine empress [981-1056]".Encyclopedia Britannica.RetrievedApril 17,2018.
- ^"Henry III - Holy Roman emperor".Encyclopedia Britannica.RetrievedApril 17,2018.