Year 1052 (MLII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events By place
England Summer – Godwin, Earl of Wessex, sails with a large fleet up the Thames to London, forcing King Edward the Confessor to reinstate him into his previous position of power.
Africa Battle of Haydaran: The Zirid dynasty is defeated by the invading Bedouin Arab tribes of the Banu Hilal.Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 53.
By topic
Religion Byōdō-in, a Japanese Buddhist temple (located in the Kyoto Prefecture), changes its name by order of Fujiwara no Yorimichi.
Births May 23 – Philip I ("the Amorous"), king of France (d. 1108) September/October – Conrad II ("the Child"), duke of Bavaria (d. 1055) Agnes of Aquitaine, countess of Savoy (approximate date) Dirk V, count of Friesland (west of the Vlie) (d. 1091) Edgar Ætheling, uncrowned king of England (d. c. 1126) (approximate date) Gleb Svyatoslavich, Kievan prince (approximate date) Jón Ögmundsson, Icelandic bishop and saint (d. 1121) Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Norman nobleman (approximate date) Roman Svyatoslavich, Kievan prince (approximate date)
Deaths March 6 – Emma of Normandy, queen consort of England (twice), Denmark and Norway (b. 984) May 6 – Boniface III, Italian prince and margrave (assassinated) June 2/4 – assassinations Guaimar IV of Salerno, Italian nobleman Pandulf III of Salerno, Lombard prince Pandulf of Capaccio, Lombard nobleman June 19 – Fan Zhongyan, chancellor of the Song dynasty (b. 989) October 4 – Vladimir Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1020) October 27 – Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad, Uqaylid emir December 14 – Aaron Scotus, Irish abbot and musician Amadeus I, count of Savoy (approximate date) Halinard, French archbishop (approximate date) Hugh II, count of Ponthieu (also lord of Abbeville) Rodulf, Norman missionary bishop and abbot Sweyn Godwinson (or Swein), English nobleman Xu Daoning, Chinese painter (approximate date) Xuedou Chongxian, Chinese Buddhist monk
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