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1052 CE

Byōdō-in, a Japanese Buddhist temple (located in the Kyoto Prefecture), changes its name by order of Fujiwara no Yorimichi. 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. Battle of Haydaran: The Zirid dynasty is defeated by the invading Bedouin Arab tribes of the Banu Hilal.

Conflict & Security

  • Battle of Haydaran: The Zirid dynasty is defeated by the invading Bedouin Arab tribes of the Banu Hilal.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • 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.source

Religion & Belief

  • Byōdō-in, a Japanese Buddhist temple (located in the Kyoto Prefecture), changes its name by order of Fujiwara no Yorimichi.source

Births

  • May 23 – Philip I ("the Amorous"), king of France (d. 1108)source
  • September/October – Conrad II ("the Child"), duke of Bavaria (d. 1055)source
  • Roman Svyatoslavich, Kievan prince (approximate date)source
  • Jón Ögmundsson, Icelandic bishop and saint (d. 1121)source
  • Agnes of Aquitaine, countess of Savoy (approximate date)source
  • Edgar Ætheling, uncrowned king of England (d. c. 1126) (approximate date)source
  • Dirk V, count of Friesland (west of the Vlie) (d. 1091)source
  • Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Norman nobleman (approximate date)source
  • Gleb Svyatoslavich, Kievan prince (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • March 6 – Emma of Normandy, queen consort of England (twice), Denmark and Norway (b. 984)source
  • May 6 – Boniface III, Italian prince and margrave (assassinated)source
  • June 19 – Fan Zhongyan, chancellor of the Song dynasty (b. 989)source
  • October 4 – Vladimir Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1020)source
  • October 27 – Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad, Uqaylid emirsource
  • December 14 – Aaron Scotus, Irish abbot and musiciansource
  • Halinard, French archbishop (approximate date)source
  • Hugh II, count of Ponthieu (also lord of Abbeville)source
  • Sweyn Godwinson (or Swein), English noblemansource
  • Pandulf of Capaccio, Lombard noblemansource
  • Amadeus I, count of Savoy (approximate date)source
  • Pandulf III of Salerno, Lombard princesource
  • Xuedou Chongxian, Chinese Buddhist monksource
  • Rodulf, Norman missionary bishop and abbotsource