1053
This page relates to the year 1053 Calendrier Julien.
Events
Asia
- the inscription of Sdok Kok Thom with the Kampuchea indicates that the Khmer king Jayavarman II (reign 802-869) established his capital with Angkor after being himself released of the suzerainty of " Java ".
- Fujiwara No Yorimichi builds the Pavillon of the Phoenix to the temple Byōdō-in with Kyōto with the Japan.
North Africa
- Morocco: the Almoravides go towards north and take the kingdom zénète of Sijilmassa (fine in 1055).
Europe
- June 18th: Battle of Civitate. The Norman of the counts Onfroi d' Apulie and Richard Ier d' Aversa crush the forces anti-Normans with Civitate, close to Foggia, directed in particular by the pope Leon IX and the Germanic emperor Henri III the Black. Leon IX is captured and imprisoned.
- Council of Spray.
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Marriage of William the Conqueror and Mathilde of Flanders. In spite of the opposition of the Pope, Guillaume of Normandy and Mathilde of Flanders decide to marry, of one marriage at the same time of love and policy. However, their consanguinity with the fifth degree was a discriminating factor with the eyes of the Pope Leon IX. To reconcile itself with the Church, they will build in Caen two superb abbeys: the abbey of the Holy Trinity, known as Abbey with the Ladies and the Saint-Etienne abbey, known as Abbey with the Men. They will respectively receive the tombs of Mathilde and Guillaume.
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the Petchenègues revolt and cross the the Danube, reached 5 years earlier towards 1048. The Byzantine empire must pay them tribute, give them new grounds and aulic dignities.
Births in 1053
Death in 1053
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Godwin, Count de Wessex, noble Anglo-Saxon, who exerted a great power under the reigns of Knút Ier Large the, of Knud III Bold the and of Edouard the Confessor. His/her son Harold II becomes count de Wessex.
Map-bms: 1053
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