Years: 1056 1057 1058 - 1059 - 1060 1061 1062

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

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

Events

• Anselm of Canterbury settles at the Benedictine monastery of Le Bec in Normandy.
• The College of Cardinals become the sole voters in the election of popes.
• Muhammed ben Da'ud, known as Alp Arslan becomes second sultan of the Seljuk Turks.
• Isaac I Comnenus resigned as Byzantine Emperor, appointing Constantine Ducas as his successor.
• Pope Nicholas II installed in opposition to Antipope Benedict X.

Births

• Antipope Benedict X
• Fulcher of Chartres, chronicler of the First Crusade

Deaths

• Michael Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople