Decades: 1010s - 1020s - 1030s - 1040s - 1050s - 1060s - 1070s - 1080s - 1090s - 1100s - 1110s
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Events 1050 Hedeby is sacked by King Harald Hardraade of Norway during the course of a conflict with King Eric Estridsson of Denmark. King Anund Jacob of Sweden is succeeded by Emund the Old. (See Swedish monarchs.) 1053 Malcolm III of Scotland invades Scotland. 1054 A powerful supernova is observed. It is so bright that it can be seen in daylight. The supernova remnant left by the event is now known as the Crab Nebula. Pope Leo IX and Michael Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople, decree each other's excommunication, finalising the Great Schism between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Malcolm Canmore begins his campaign for the throne of Scotland. 1055 Seljuk Turks capture Baghdad. Pope Victor II attains papacy. 1057 Change of Scottish Monarch from Macbeth to Lulach Pope Stephen X attains papacy, Pope Victor II dies.
