Decade · 1050 – 1059
The world in the 1050s
From 1050 to 1059 the atlas holds 336 states standing at some time. 9 things began - Đại Việt, Battle of Civitate and Former Nine Years' War among them - and 11 ended; 42 people were born and 28 died, 3 of all these dated only to the decade.
Its years
The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.
What began in the 1050s
By kind, the best known first.
States 2
- Đại Việt · state · 1054 – 1400
- Banu Khurasan · state · 1059
Wars and battles 7
- Battle of Civitate · battle · 1053
- Former Nine Years' War · war · 1051 – 1063
- Siege of Manzikert · battle · 1054
- Battle of Atapuerca · battle · 1054
- Battle of Mortemer · battle · 1054
- Battle of Varaville · battle · 1057
- Battle of Tabfarilla · battle · 1056
What ended in the 1050s
States 10
- Kingdom of Strathclyde · state · 410 – 1058
- Barghawata · state · 744 – 1058
- Hammudid dynasty · state · 1016 – 1058
- Oghuz Yabgu State · state · 750 – 1055
- Taifa of Algeciras · state · 1035 – 1058
- Thaton kingdom · state · 300 BCE – 1057 CE
- Taifa of Niebla · state · 1023 – 1053
- Taifa of Saltés and Huelva · state · 1012 – 1051
and 2 more in the atlas.
Wars and battles 1
- Arab–Byzantine wars · war · 629 – 1050
Born and died
Born 42
- Al-Ghazali · philosopher · 1056 – 1111
- Pope Paschal II · writer · 1050 – 1118
- William II of England · ruler · 1057 – 1100
- Henry IV · politician · 1050 – 1106
- Philip I of France · monarch · 1052 – 1108
- Malik-Shah I · ruler · 1055 – 1092
- Volodymyr II Monomakh · military leader · 1053 – 1125
- Nestor the Chronicler · writer · 1056 – 1114
- Bohemond I of Antioch · person · 1054 – 1111
- Robert Curthose · person · 1051 – 1134
- Edgar Ætheling · person · 1050 – 1125
- Michael VII Doukas · ruler · 1059 – 1090
- Peter the Hermit · religious leader · 1050 – 1115
- Eric I of Denmark · monarch · 1056 – 1103
- Solomon · monarch · 1053 – 1087
- Olaf I of Denmark · monarch · 1050 – 1095
and 26 more in the atlas.
Died 28
- Pope Leo IX · writer · 1002 – 1054
- Yaroslav the Wise · politician · 978 – 1054
- Henry III · writer · 1016 – 1056
- Constantine IX Monomachos · politician · 1000 – 1055
- Macbeth · ruler · 1005 – 1057
- Zoe Porphyrogenita · ruler · 978 – 1050
- Theodora Porphyrogenita · politician · 984 – 1056
- Emma of Normandy · person · 987 – 1052
- Michael VI Bringas · ruler · 995 – 1059
- Peter, King of Hungary · monarch · 1011 – 1059
- Atiśa · writer · 982 – 1054
- Lulach · politician · 1030 – 1058
- Anund Jacob · monarch · 1008 – 1050
- Bretislav I · military personnel · 1002 – 1055
- García Sánchez III of Pamplona · ruler · 1012 – 1054
- Fan Zhongyan · politician · 989 – 1052
and 12 more in the atlas.
States of the 1050s
The states that stood at some time in the 1050s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1050.
Europe174 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present · Anund Jacob, Monarch of Sweden since 1022 and Emund the Old, Monarch of Sweden since 1050
- Denmark · 800 – present · Sweyn II of Denmark, Monarch of Denmark since 1047
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806 · Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor since 1046
- Vikings · 793 – 1332
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Kyivan Rus' · 882 – 1240 · Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kyiv since 1019
and 166 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa58 states
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor since 1042 and Zoe Porphyrogenita, Byzantine emperor since 1042
- Abbasid Caliphate · 750 – 1258 · Al-Qa'im, Abbasid caliph since 1031 and Mu'izz al-Dawla Thimal, Abbasid caliph since 1042
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Fatimid Caliphate · 909 – 1171 · Al-Mustansir Billah, Fatimid Caliph since 1036
- Seljuk Empire · 1037 – 1194 · Tughril I, Sultan of the Seljuq Empire since 1037
- Almoravid dynasty · 1040 – 1147 · Yahya ibn Umar al-Lamtuni, Almoravid emir since 1048
- Ghana Empire · 100 – 1200 · Ghana Bassi, Ghana since 1040
and 50 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa4 states
- Kilwa Sultanate · 957 – 1513
- Kingdom of Nri · 1000 – 1911
- Sultanate of Mogadishu · 901 – 1600
- Empire of Kitara · 940 – 1300
South Asia35 states
- Tibetans · 850 – 1259
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE · Rajadhiraja I, Chola king since 1044
- Ghurid dynasty · 1011 – 1215
- Kara-Khanid Khanate · 840 – 1212
- Pala Empire · 750 – 1174
- Ghaznavid Empire · 962 – 1187 · Abd al-Rashid ben Mahmud, Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire since 1049
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Hoysala Kingdom · 1026 – 1343 · Hoysala Vinayaditya, Hoysala king since 1047
and 27 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia31 states
- Song dynasty · 960 – 1279 · Emperor Renzong of Song, Emperor of China since 1022
- Khmer Empire · 802 – 1431
- Srivijaya · 650 – 1377
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Jaya Paramesvaravarman I, king since 1044
- Heian period · 794 – 1185
- Goryeo · 918 – 1392
- Western Xia · 1038 – 1227
- Liao dynasty · 916 – 1125 · Emperor Xingzong of Liao, Emperor of China since 1031
and 23 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania14 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Ancestral Puebloans · 850 – 1304
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
- Tuʻi Tonga Empire · 951 – 1826
- Chimor · 850 – 1470
- Sican culture · 700 – 1375
- Tiwanaku polity · 300 – 1150
- Wari Empire · 600 – 1100
and 6 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown20 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598 · Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kyiv since 1019
- Alania · 801 – 1201
- Marwanid dynasty · 983 – 1085
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- Uqaylid dynasty · 990 – 1096
- Kerman Seljuk Sultanate · 1041 – 1187 · Qavurt, Shah of Kerman since 1041
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
and 12 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1030 – 1079: every state, war and life of the 1050s, region by region.
- On the map in 1055: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.