1051
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1020s 1030s 1040s – 1050s – 1060s 1070s 1080s |
| Years: | 1048 1049 1050 – 1051 – 1052 1053 1054 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1051 MLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1804 |
| Armenian calendar | 500 ԹՎ Շ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5801 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 972–973 |
| Bengali calendar | 458 |
| Berber calendar | 2001 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1595 |
| Burmese calendar | 413 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6559–6560 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3747 or 3687 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3748 or 3688 |
| Coptic calendar | 767–768 |
| Discordian calendar | 2217 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1043–1044 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4811–4812 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1107–1108 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 972–973 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4151–4152 |
| Holocene calendar | 11051 |
| Igbo calendar | 51–52 |
| Iranian calendar | 429–430 |
| Islamic calendar | 442–443 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 6 (永承６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 954–955 |
| Julian calendar | 1051 MLI |
| Korean calendar | 3384 |
| Minguo calendar | 861 before ROC 民前861年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −417 |
| Seleucid era | 1362/1363 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1593–1594 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1177 or 796 or 24 — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 1178 or 797 or 25 |
1051 (MLI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1051st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 51st year of the 2nd millennium, the 51st year of the 11th century, and the 2nd year of the 1050s decade. As of the start of 1051, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events[change | change source]
- Godwin, Earl of Wessex, is forced to leave England by King Edward the Confessor for refusing to take action against the townspeople of Dover. He returns the following year.
- Hilarion of Kiev becomes the first native metropolitan of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Kievan Rus.
- May 19 – Henry I of France marries Anne of Kiev at the cathedral of Reims.
- William of Normandy fights for his life and crown in Normandy.
- Heregeld is ended by King Edward the Confessor of England.
Births[change | change source]
- Edgar Atheling, uncrowned King of England, 1066, after the Battle of Hastings
- Mi Fu, Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher (d. 1107)
Deaths[change | change source]
- January 22 – Ælfric Puttoc, archbishop of York
- Bi Sheng, Song Dynasty Chinese inventor of movable type printing