1050s

1050s

Events and trends

* 1050
** Hedeby is sacked by King Harald Hardraade of Norway during the course of a conflict with King Eric Estridsson of Denmark.
** King Anund Jacob of Sweden is succeeded by Emund the Old. (See Swedish monarchs.)
* 1051
**Zenkunen War starts in Japan. It will continue until the early 1060s. Part of the clan disputes of the Heian period.
* 1054
** A powerful supernova is observed. It is so bright that it can be seen in daylight. The supernova remnant left by the event is now known as the Crab Nebula.
** Pope Leo IX and Michael Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople, decree each other's excommunication, finalising the Great Schism between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.
* 1055
** Seljuk Turks capture Baghdad.
** Pope Victor II attains papacy.
* 1057
** Change of King of Scotland from Macbeth to Lulach
** Pope Victor II dies, Pope Stephen IX attains papacy.

ignificant people

*Godwin, Earl of Wessex


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