Years: 1052 1053 1054 - 1055 - 1056 1057 1058

Decades: 1020s 1030s 1040s - 1050s - 1060s 1070s 1080s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

• January 11 - Theodora becomes Reigning Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire.
• Seljuk Turks capture Baghdad.
• Pope Victor II attains papacy.

Births

Deaths

• January 11 - Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire
• May 26 - Margrave Adalbert of Austria