1053
year
1053 (MLIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1053rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 53rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 11th century, and the 4th year of the 1050s decade. As of the start of 1053, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1020s 1030s 1040s – 1050s – 1060s 1070s 1080s |
| Years: | 1050 1051 1052 – 1053 – 1054 1055 1056 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1053 MLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1806 |
| Armenian calendar | 502 ԹՎ ՇԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5803 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 974–975 |
| Bengali calendar | 460 |
| Berber calendar | 2003 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1597 |
| Burmese calendar | 415 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6561–6562 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3749 or 3689 — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3750 or 3690 |
| Coptic calendar | 769–770 |
| Discordian calendar | 2219 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1045–1046 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4813–4814 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1109–1110 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 974–975 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4153–4154 |
| Holocene calendar | 11053 |
| Igbo calendar | 53–54 |
| Iranian calendar | 431–432 |
| Islamic calendar | 444–445 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 8 / Tengi 1 (天喜元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 956–957 |
| Julian calendar | 1053 MLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3386 |
| Minguo calendar | 859 before ROC 民前859年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −415 |
| Seleucid era | 1364/1365 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1595–1596 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 1179 or 798 or 26 — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 1180 or 799 or 27 |
Events
change- June 18 – Battle of Civitate: 3,000 horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey defeat the troops of Pope Leo IX.
- Byōdō-in, Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, is built. Heian period (approximate date).
- Jōchō makes Amida Buddha, Byodo-in. Heian period (approximate date).
Births
change- July 7 – Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
- St-Hugues, Bishop of Guenette (d. 1132)
- Guibert of Nogent, French historian and theologian (d. 1124)
- Vladimir Monomakh, Prince of Kiev (d. 1125)
- Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
- Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona