1050S

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

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