Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 1047 through 1055.
- 1047
- William of Normandy defeats rebellious nobles at Valdes-Dunes
- Sweyn Estrithson, King of Denmark (-- 1076)
- Harald Hardrada, King of Norway (-- 1066)
- Henry III reestablishes the duchies of Carinthia, Bavaria, and Swabia
- Andrew I, King of Hungary (-- 1060)
- 1050
- Egypt collapses under military dictatorship
- Normans penetrate into England
- 1052
- Pisa takes Sardinia from the Arabs
- Rebellion of Conrad, Duke of Bavaria
- Return of Earl Godwin (d. 1053)
- 1053
- The Norman Robert Guiscard (c. 1015 - 1085) conquers southern Italy
and founds Norman Empire there
- Danegeld abolished
- Henry IV, son of Henry III, elected and crowned Holy Roman Emperor
- Harold succeeds his father Godwin as Earl of Wessex
- 1054
- Macbeth defeated by Malcolm and Siward of Northumbria, at Dunsinane
- Jaroslav of Kiev d.; followed by decline of his empire
- Poland recaptures Silesia from Bohemia
- Henry I of France invades Normandy and is defeated at Mortemer
- 1055
- Siward of Northumbria d.; succeeded by Tostig, son of Godwin
- Spitigniev II of Bohemia (-- 1061)
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