1050
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| Gregorian calendar | 1050 ML |
| Ab urbe condita | 1803 |
| Armenian calendar | 499 ԹՎ ՆՂԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5800 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 971–972 |
| Bengali calendar | 457 |
| Berber calendar | 2000 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1594 |
| Burmese calendar | 412 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6558–6559 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3747 or 3540 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3748 or 3541 |
| Coptic calendar | 766–767 |
| Discordian calendar | 2216 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1042–1043 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4810–4811 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1106–1107 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 971–972 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4150–4151 |
| Holocene calendar | 11050 |
| Igbo calendar | 50–51 |
| Iranian calendar | 428–429 |
| Islamic calendar | 441–442 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 5 (永承５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 953–954 |
| Julian calendar | 1050 ML |
| Korean calendar | 3383 |
| Minguo calendar | 862 before ROC 民前862年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −418 |
| Seleucid era | 1361/1362 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1592–1593 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1176 or 795 or 23 — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1177 or 796 or 24 |
Year 1050 (ML) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- Leofric becomes Bishop of Exeter.
- Hedeby is sacked by King Harald Hardråde of Norway, during the course of a conflict with Sweyn II of Denmark.
- Swedish forces attack Finland.
- Upon the death of Anund Jacob, he is succeeded by his brother Emund the Old as king of Sweden.
- King Macbeth of Scotland makes a pilgrimage to Rome.
- The brewery of Weltenburg Abbey is first mentioned, thus making it one of the oldest still operating breweries in the world.
Births
- November 11 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)
- Margrave Leopold II of Austria (d. 1095)
- Princess Sophia of Hungary (b. 1095) (approximate date)
Deaths
- October 29 – Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury
- Michael Dokeianos, Byzantine general
- Constantine Arianites, Byzantine general
- Zoe of Byzantium, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire
- Anund Jacob, king of Sweden since 1022