1053 Explained
Year 1053 (MLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- End of the Pecheneg Revolt: Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos makes peace with the Pechenegs. However, Pecheneg raids do not cease; they not only damage the economy by plundering, but Constantine is also forced to buy protection or peace from them by gifts, land grants, privileges and titles.
Europe
- June 18 - Battle of Civitate: Norman horsemen (3,000 men), led by Humphrey of Hauteville, count of Apulia and Calabria, rout the combined forces under Pope Leo IX, in Southern Italy. The Normans destroy the allied Papal army and capture Leo, who is imprisoned (as a hostage for 8 months) in Benevento.
- December - Conrad I, duke of Bavaria, is summoned to a Christmas court at Merseburg, and deposed by Emperor Henry III. He flees to King Andrew I in Hungary, and joins a coalition with the rebellious Welf III, duke of Carinthia. Henry's 4-year-old son Henry becomes the new duke of Bavaria.
England
By topic
Religion
Births
- May 26 - Vladimir II, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1125)[1]
- July 7 - Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (d. 1129)
- Berenguer Ramon II, count of Barcelona (approximate date)
- Guibert of Nogent, French historian and theologian (d. 1124) (approximate date)
- Hugh of Châteauneuf, bishop of Grenoble (d. 1132)
- Iorwerth ap Bleddyn, Welsh prince of Powys (d. 1111)
- Maria of Alania, Byzantine empress consort (d. 1118)
- Ramon Berenguer II, count of Barcelona (or 1054)
- Solomon (or Salomon), king of Hungary (d. 1087)
- Toba Sōjō, Japanese artist-monk (d. 1140)
Deaths
- by January 5 - Rhys ap Rhydderch, Welsh co-ruler of Morgannwg, killed
- March 25 - Procopius of Sázava, Czech hermit
- November 7 - Lazaros, Byzantine monk and stylite
- Abu'l-Fath an-Nasir ad-Dailami, imam of Yemen, killed
- Chananel ben Chushiel, Tunisian Jewish rabbi (b. 990)
- Cormac O'Ruadrach, Irish priest and archdeacon
- Liu Yong, Chinese poet of the Song dynasty (b. 987)
- Murchadh Ua Beolláin, Irish priest and archdeacon
- Wulfsige (or Wulsy), English bishop of Lichfield
Notes and References
- Web site: Vladimir II Monomakh - grand prince of Kiev . Encyclopedia Britannica . 14 June 2018 . en.