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1051
Years: 1048 1049 1050 - 1051 - 1052 1053 1054 |
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Decades: 1020s 1030s 1040s - 1050s - 1060s 1070s 1080s |
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Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century |
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Events
- Godwin, Earl of Wessex, is exiled from England by King Edward the Confessor for refusing to take action against the townspeople of Dover. He returns the following year.
- Ilarion of Russia becomes the first native metropolitan of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Kievan Rus.
- Rainy year in Belgium.
Births
Deaths
- January 22 - Aelfric Puttoc , archbishop of York
Heads of states
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