1050
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Heads of State
Year of the Metal Tiger庚寅(at the beginning of Earth Buffalo己丑)
Syria: 1361/62 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- In a battle between Harald III. of Norway and Sven II for control of Hedeby Denmark is destroyed and only partly rebuilt later.
- After the death of his stepbrother Anund Jacob is Emund King of Sweden.
Ersturkundliche mentions
- The city of Nuremberg is mentioned as Norenberc ( Rocky Mountain ) for the first time on July 16 documentary.
- First mention of Berolzheim, Fisibach, Knutwil and Versam.
Culture
- 1050: The collection Carmina Cantabrigiensia consisting of Latin poems will probably compiled in the Rhine area.
Religion
- The synod of Vercelli condemned the doctrine of the Eucharist of Berengar of Tours.
- The neusser abbess Matched transferred the relics of Saint Quirinus of Rome to Neuss, where they lie in the Quirinus -Münster today.
Born
- Arwa bint Ahmad, Queen of Sulaihiden in Yemen ( † 1138 )
- Leopold II, Margrave of Austria († 1095 )
- Nestor of Kiev, Russian monk and author of the first Russian chronicle († 1113 )
- Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester († 1118)
- Sancho Garcés of Navarre, Lord of Uncastillo and Sangüesa († 1084 )
- Sviatopolk Isjaslawitsch II, Grand Prince of Kiev ( † 1113 )
- Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria († 1076 )