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.

Significant people

• Godwin, Earl of Wessex

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