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Bruno, Count of Egisheim-Dagsburg, is crowned Pope Leo IX

Bruno, Count of Egisheim-Dagsburg, is crowned Pope Leo IX

Bruno, Count of Egisheim-Dagsburg, is crowned Pope Leo IX

Events Before

  1. Persian scholar Naser Khosrow begins a seven-year Middle Eastern journey, which he later describes in his book "Safarnam

    Persian scholar Naser Khosrow begins a seven-year Middle Eastern journey, which he later describes in his book "Safarnama"

  2. King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese

    King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese

  3. Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht, Netherlands

    Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht, Netherlands

  4. 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

  5. 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

Events After

  1. Philip I is born

    Philip I is born

  2. 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

  3. Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome

    Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome

  4. 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

  5. Patriarch of Constantinople Michael Caerularius, as head of a Synod held in Constantinople excommunicates Cardinal Humbe

    Patriarch of Constantinople Michael Caerularius, as head of a Synod held in Constantinople excommunicates Cardinal Humbert of the Western church (Rome)

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