1053
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| Years: 1050 1051 1052 - 1053 - 1054 1055 1056 | |
| Decades: 1020s 1030s 1040s - 1050s - 1060s 1070s 1080s | |
| Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century | |
Events
- June 18 - Battle of Civitate - 3000 horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX
- Good harvests in Europe
- Malcolm Canmore invades Scotland.
- 25 October, battle of St-Aubin (or Arques): duke William of Normandy routed an army from Ponthieu and killed the count of Ponthieu, Enguerrand II.
Births
- July 7 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
- Guibert of Nogent, French historian and theologian (d. 1124)
- Vladimir Monomakh, Prince of Kiev (d. 1125)
- Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
- Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
