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SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

- 1020s - 1030s - 1040s - 1050s - 1060s - 1070s - 1080s - 1090s - 1100s - 1110s

1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060

EVENTS

1050

--- Hedeby is sacked by King Harald Hardraade Of Norway during the course of a conflict with King Eric Estridsson Of Denmark .

--- King Anund Jacob of Sweden is succeeded by Emund The Old . (See Swedish Monarchs .)

1053 Malcolm III Of Scotland invades Scotland .

1054

--- A powerful Supernova is observed. It is so bright that it can be seen in daylight. The Supernova Remnant left by the event is now known as the Crab Nebula .

--- Pope Leo IX and Michael Cerularius , Patriarch of Constantinople , decree each other's excommunication, finalising the Great Schism between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

--- Malcolm Canmore begins his campaign for the throne of Scotland.

1055

--- Seljuk Turks capture Baghdad .

--- Pope Victor II attains papacy.

1057

--- Change of Scottish Monarch from Macbeth to Lulach

--- Pope Stephen X attains papacy, Pope Victor II dies.

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE

Godwin, Earl Of Wessex