Wikipedia / 1052
Wikipedia / 1052
Year 1052 (MLII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
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By place
England
Summer Godwin, Earl of Wessex, sails with a large fleet up the Thames to London, forcing King Edward the Confessor to reinstate him into his previous position of power.
Africa
Battle of Haydaran: The Zirid dynasty is defeated by the invading Bedouin Arab tribes of the Banu Hilal.
By topic
Religion
Byōdō-in, a Japanese Buddhist temple (located in the Kyoto Prefecture), changes its name by order of Fujiwara no Yorimichi.</onlyinclude>
Births
September/October Conrad II ("the Child"), duke of Bavaria (d. 1055)
Agnes of Aquitaine, countess of Savoy (approximate date)
Edgar Ætheling, uncrowned king of England (d. c. 1126) (approximate date)
Gleb Svyatoslavich, Kievan prince (approximate date)
Jón Ögmundsson, Icelandic bishop and saint (d. 1121)
Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
Roman Svyatoslavich, Kievan prince (approximate date)
Deaths
March 6 Emma of Normandy, queen consort of England (twice), Denmark and Norway (b. 984)
May 6 Boniface III, Italian prince and margrave (assassinated)
June 2/4 assassinations
Guaimar IV of Salerno, Italian nobleman
Pandulf III of Salerno, Lombard prince
Pandulf of Capaccio, Lombard nobleman
June 19 Fan Zhongyan, chancellor of the Song dynasty (b. 989)
October 4 Vladimir Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1020)
October 27 Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad, Uqaylid emir
December 14 Aaron Scotus, Irish abbot and musician
Halinard, French archbishop (approximate date)
Rodulf, Norman missionary bishop and abbot
Sweyn Godwinson (or Swein), English nobleman
Xu Daoning, Chinese painter (approximate date)
Xuedou Chongxian, Chinese Buddhist monk
References