1051

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1051

EVENTS

Godwin, Earl Of Wessex , is exiled from England by King Edward The Confessor for refusing to take action against the townspeople of Dover . He returns the following year.

Hilarion Of Kiev becomes the first native Metropolitan of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Kievan Rus.

May 19 — Henry I Of France marries Anne Of Kiev at the cathedral of Reims .

William Of Normandy fights for his life and crown in Normandy.

BIRTHS

Edgar Atheling , uncrowned King of England 1066 after the Battle of Hastings

Mi Fu , Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher (d. 1107 )

DEATHS

January 22 — Aelfric Puttoc , archbishop of York

Bi Sheng , Song Dynasty Chinese inventor of Movable Type Printing

HEADS OF STATES

Holy See — Leo IX Pope (1049–1054)