1053

Year 1053 (MLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1020s  1030s  1040s  – 1050s –  1060s  1070s  1080s
Years:	1050 1051 1052 – 1053 – 1054 1055 1056

Map of Battle of Civitate (Southern Italy). Papal forces (left) with blue banners.

Events

• June 18 – Battle of Civitate: 3,000 horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey defeat the troops of Pope Leo IX.
• Byōdō-in, Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, is built. Heian period (approximate date).
• Jōchō makes Amida Buddha, Byodo-in. Heian period (approximate date).

Births

• July 7 – Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
• St-Hugues, Bishop of Guenette (d. 1132)
• Guibert of Nogent, French historian and theologian (d. 1124)
• Vladimir Monomakh, Prince of Kiev (d. 1125)
• Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
• Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona

Deaths

• April 15 – Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. 1001)
• October 25 – Count Enguerrand II of Ponthieu