1057
Year 1057 (MLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (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: | 1054 1055 1056 – 1057 – 1058 1059 1060 |
Events
By place
Africa
- The Banu Hilal take Kairouan. The Zirid dynasty has to move to Mahdiya.
Asia
- King Anawrahta of Burma takes over Thanton in northern Thailand, strengthening Theravada Buddhism in the country.
Europe
- King Macbeth of Scotland is killed in battle against Malcolm III of Scotland. He is replaced as King of Scotland by his stepson Lulach.
- William the Conqueror defeats a Franco-Angevin army at the mouth of the Dives River, Normandy in the Battle of Varaville.
- Ferdinand I of Castile takes Lamego and Viseu from Christian lords allied to the Muslim taifas.[1]
By topic
Religion
- August 2 – Pope Stephen IX (sometimes referred to as Stephen X) replaces Pope Victor II as the 154th pope.
Births
Deaths
- Jōchō, Japanese sculptor
- March 1 – Ermesinde of Carcassonne, countess and regent of Barcelona (b. 972)
- July 28 – Pope Victor II
- August 15 – King Macbeth of Scotland
- Late August – Edward the Exile, son of Edmund II of England
- August 31 – Leofric, Earl of Mercia
References
- ↑ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.