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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.
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