1055
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| Gregorian calendar | 1055 MLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1808 |
| Armenian calendar | 504 ԹՎ ՇԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5805 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 976–977 |
| Bengali calendar | 462 |
| Berber calendar | 2005 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1599 |
| Burmese calendar | 417 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6563–6564 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3752 or 3545 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3753 or 3546 |
| Coptic calendar | 771–772 |
| Discordian calendar | 2221 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1047–1048 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4815–4816 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1111–1112 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 976–977 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4155–4156 |
| Holocene calendar | 11055 |
| Igbo calendar | 55–56 |
| Iranian calendar | 433–434 |
| Islamic calendar | 446–447 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengi 3 (天喜３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 958–959 |
| Julian calendar | 1055 MLV |
| Korean calendar | 3388 |
| Minguo calendar | 857 before ROC 民前857年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −413 |
| Seleucid era | 1366/1367 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1597–1598 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1181 or 800 or 28 — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1182 or 801 or 29 |
Year 1055 (MLV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
- The Almoravids conquer Aoudaghost (present-day Mauritania).
Asia
- December 18 – The Seljuk Turks capture Baghdad; Al-Malik al-Rahim is taken prisoner.
Europe
- January 11 – Theodora becomes reigning empress of the Byzantine Empire.
- October 24 – Ralph the Timid is defeated by the Welsh.
- Beginning of the campaign of Ferdinand I of Castile against al-Andalus. The king conquers Seia from the Christian allies of the muslim taifas.[1] In a drive to consolidate his southern border, he repopulates the city of Zamora with some of his Cantabrian (montañeses) subjects.
By topic
Art
- Construction on the Liaodi Pagoda in Hebei is complete, the tallest pagoda in Chinese history standing at a height of 84 m (275 ft) tall.
Religion
- April 13 – Pope Victor II succeeds Pope Leo IX as the 153rd pope.
- An abbey was set up at Tihany, Hungary by András (Andrew) I. The foundation charter was drawn up on the northern shore of Lake Balaton. This is the earliest written record extant in the Hungarian language.
Births
Deaths
- January 11 – Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire
- May 26 – Margrave Adalbert of Austria
- Princess Goda of England
References
- ^ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.