1056

1056 (MLVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1056th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 56th year of the 2nd millennium, the 56th year of the 11th century, and the 7th year of the 1050s decade. As of the start of 1056, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1020s  1030s  1040s  – 1050s –  1060s  1070s  1080s
Years:	1053 1054 1055 – 1056 – 1057 1058 1059

Michael VI ('the Old')

Events

• Anselm of Canterbury leaves Italy.
• Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, becomes King of Germany.
• Ottokar, Count of Steyr, becomes Margrave of the Karantanian March, later known as Styria