Brightest known supernova SN 1054 (creates the Crab Nebula) 1st reported by Chinese astronomers
Brightest known supernova SN 1054 (creates the Crab Nebula) 1st reported by Chinese astronomers
Brightest known supernova SN 1054 (creates the Crab Nebula) 1st reported by Chinese astronomers
Events Before
Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht, Netherlands
Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht, Netherlands
Battle of Kapetron: night battle between invading Seljuk Turks and Byzantine-Georgian forces of Constantine IX, Byzantin
Battle of Kapetron: night battle between invading Seljuk Turks and Byzantine-Georgian forces of Constantine IX, Byzantines drive back Turks but unable to stop huge plunder
Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin Count Bruno van Egisheim-Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX
Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin Count Bruno van Egisheim-Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX
Bruno, Count of Egisheim-Dagsburg, is crowned Pope Leo IX
Bruno, Count of Egisheim-Dagsburg, is crowned Pope Leo IX
Philip I is born
Philip I is born
Events After
Theodora crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire
Theodora Porphyrogenita was Byzantine Empress from 21 April 1042 to her death on 31 August 1056, and sole ruler from 11 January 1055.
German Bishop Gebhard of Dollnstein-Hirschberg named Pope Victor II
Pope Victor II (1018 – 28 July 1057), born Gebhard von Dollnstein-Hirschberg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 April 1055 until his death in 1057.
Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad
Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad
Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye
Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye
The Ostromir Gospel, now the oldest surviving Russian manuscript is recorded completed by its scribe Deacon Grigory [1]
The Ostromir Gospel, now the oldest surviving Russian manuscript is recorded completed by its scribe Deacon Grigory [1]
More from the 1050s
The Great Schism between Western and Eastern churches begins when Roman Cardinal Humbert issues a bull of excommunicatio
The Great Schism between Western and Eastern churches begins when Roman Cardinal Humbert issues a bull of excommunication against Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople, on the altar of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
Theodora crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire
Theodora Porphyrogenita was Byzantine Empress from 21 April 1042 to her death on 31 August 1056, and sole ruler from 11 January 1055.
Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome
Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome
Bishop Giovanni "Minchus" ["the thin"] elected as Anti-Pope Benedict X
Bishop Giovanni "Minchus" ["the thin"] elected as Anti-Pope Benedict X
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