1051

Events

 * , is exiled from England by King for refusing to take action against the townspeople of . He returns the following year.
 * becomes the first native of the  Church in Kievan Rus.
 * — marries  at the cathedral of.
 * fights for his life and crown in Normandy.

Births

 * , uncrowned King of England 1066 after the Battle of Hastings
 * , Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher (d. )

Deaths

 * —, archbishop of York
 * , Chinese inventor of

Heads of states

 * —  (1049–1054)