1051
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| Years: 1048 1049 1050 - 1051 - 1052 1053 1054 | |
| Decades: 1020s 1030s 1040s - 1050s - 1060s 1070s 1080s | |
| Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century | |
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Events
- Godwin, Earl of Wessex, is exiled from England by King Edward the Confessor for refusing to take action against the townspeople of Dover. He returns the following year.
- Ilarion of Russia becomes the first native metropolitan of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Kievan Rus.
- Rainy year in Belgium.
Births
Deaths
- January 22 - Aelfric Puttoc, archbishop of York
