1050s

Decades: 1010s - 1020s - 1030s - 1040s - 1050s - 1060s - 1070s - 1080s - 1090s - 1100s - 1110s

1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060

Events:

• 1050
  • Hedeby sacked by King Harald Hardraade of Norway during the course of a conflict with [King Eric Estridsson of Denmark]?
  • King (Anund Jakob) of Sweden succeeded by (Emund den Gamle). See Swedish monarchs.
• 1053 Malcolm III of Scotland invades Scotland
• 1054
  • A powerful supernova is observed. It was so bright that could be seen in daylight. The supernova remnant left by the event is now known as the Crab Nebula.
  • Pope Leo IX and Michael Cerularius, Partiarch 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