What happened in 1056?
Battle of Tabfarilla, Battle of Pritzlawa and Pagoda of Fogong Temple — among 16 events recorded in 1056.
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Wars & Conflicts 3
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Battle of Tabfarilla
1056 military battle in present-day Mauritania
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Battle of Pritzlawa
1056 battle between the Saxons and the Slavic Liutizen
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Zirid conquest of Málaga
1056 conquest
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People 9
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Nestor the Chronicler born
Born in Kyiv. Saint and chronicler of Kievan Rus'.
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Al-Muqtadi born
Born in Baghdad. Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 1075–1094).
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Sæmundr fróði born
Born in Oddi. Icelandic writer.
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Henry III died
Died in Bodfeld. Holy Roman Emperor.
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Theodora Porphyrogenita died
Died in Constantinople. Byzantine empress regnant (984-1056).
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Eric I of Denmark born
Born in Slangerup. Danish monarch.
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Herman II died
Died in Cologne. Archbishop of Cologne.
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Al-Ghazali born
Born in Tus. Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111).
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William II of England born
Born in Normandy. King of England from 1087 to 1100.
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Religion & Belief Systems 1
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Collegiate Church of San Gimignano
Roman Catholic collegiate church and minor basilica in San Gimignano, Tuscany, central Italy
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Architecture & Engineering 3
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Lambach Abbey
Benedictine Abbey in Wels-Land, Upper Austria
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Pagoda of Fogong Temple
Pagoda in China
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Castle of Púbol
Historic home of Salvador and Gala Dali
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