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Revision as of 10:00, 10 December 2018 by Peters01 (talk | contribs) (Added details of Constantine IX (Byzantine emperor)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)This article is about the year 1055. For other uses, see 1055 (disambiguation). Calendar year
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| Gregorian calendar | 1055 MLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1808 |
| Armenian calendar | 504 ԹՎ ՇԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5805 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 976–977 |
| Bengali calendar | 461–462 |
| Berber calendar | 2005 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1599 |
| Burmese calendar | 417 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6563–6564 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3752 or 3545 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3753 or 3546 |
| Coptic calendar | 771–772 |
| Discordian calendar | 2221 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1047–1048 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4815–4816 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1111–1112 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 976–977 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4155–4156 |
| Holocene calendar | 11055 |
| Igbo calendar | 55–56 |
| Iranian calendar | 433–434 |
| Islamic calendar | 446–447 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengi 3 (天喜３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 958–959 |
| Julian calendar | 1055 MLV |
| Korean calendar | 3388 |
| Minguo calendar | 857 before ROC 民前857年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −413 |
| Seleucid era | 1366/1367 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1597–1598 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1181 or 800 or 28 — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1182 or 801 or 29 |
Year 1055 (MLV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
- January 11 – Emperor Constantine IX (Monomachos) dies after a 12½-year reign at Constantinople. He is succeeded by Theodora (a sister of the former Empress Zoë) who is proclaimed by the imperial guard (with strong opposition from the council) as empress of the Byzantine Empire.
Asia
- December 18 – The Seljuk Turks capture Baghdad; Al-Malik al-Rahim is taken prisoner.
Europe
- October 24 – Ralph the Timid is defeated by the Welsh.
- Ferdinand I of Castile begins his campaign against al-Andalus. The king conquers Seia from the Christian allies of the Muslim taifas. In a drive to consolidate his southern border, he repopulates the city of Zamora with some of his Cantabrian (montañeses) subjects.
By topic
Art
- Construction on the Liaodi Pagoda in Hebei is completed (the tallest pagoda in Chinese history, standing at a height of 84 m (275 ft) tall).
Religion
- April 13 – Pope Victor II succeeds Pope Leo IX, as the 153rd pope.
- King Andrew I of Hungary establishes the Benedictine Tihany Abbey. Its foundation charter is the earliest written record extant in the Hungarian language.
Births
- Ida of Austria, Austrian duchess and crusader (d. 1101)
Deaths
- January 10 – Bretislav I, Duke of Bohemia
- January 11 – Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire
- August 28 – Emperor Xingzong of Liao (b. 1016)
- May 26 – Adalbert, Margrave of Austria
- Princess Godgifu, daughter of Æthelred the Unready
- A Nong, Zhuang shaman, matriarch and warrior (b. 1005)
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.