1050
year
Year 1050 (ML) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
Hedeby in Jutland is sacked by King Harald Hardrada of Norway, during the course of a conflict with Sweyn II of Denmark.
King Anund Jacob dies after a 28-year reign. He is succeeded by his elder half-brother Emund the Old as king of Sweden.
Macbeth, King of Scotland, makes a pilgrimage to Rome.
Africa
Aoudaghost, an important Berber trading center and rival of Koumbi Saleh, is captured by the Ghana Empire.
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Religion
King Edward the Confessor unites the English dioceses of Devon and Cornwall. He moves the see from Crediton to Exeter and gives the order to build a cathedral. Leofric becomes the first bishop of Exeter.
The brewery of Weltenburg Abbey (modern Germany) is first mentioned, thus making it one of the oldest still operating breweries in the world (approximate date).
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