1055 (MLV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1055th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 55th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 11th century, and the 6th year of the 1050s decade. As of the start of 1055, 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: | 1052 1053 1054 – 1055 – 1056 1057 1058 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1055 MLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1808 |
| Armenian calendar | 504 ԹՎ ՇԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5805 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 976–977 |
| Bengali calendar | 462 |
| Berber calendar | 2005 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1599 |
| Burmese calendar | 417 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6563–6564 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3751 or 3691 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3752 or 3692 |
| Coptic calendar | 771–772 |
| Discordian calendar | 2221 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1047–1048 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4815–4816 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1111–1112 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 976–977 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4155–4156 |
| Holocene calendar | 11055 |
| Igbo calendar | 55–56 |
| Iranian calendar | 433–434 |
| Islamic calendar | 446–447 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengi 3 (天喜３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 958–959 |
| Julian calendar | 1055 MLV |
| Korean calendar | 3388 |
| Minguo calendar | 857 before ROC 民前857年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −413 |
| Seleucid era | 1366/1367 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1597–1598 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1181 or 800 or 28 — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1182 or 801 or 29 |
Events
By place
Africa
- The Almoravids conquer Aoudaghost (present-day Mauritania).
Asia
- December 18 – The Seljuk Turks capture Baghdad. Al-Malik al-Rahim is taken prisoner.
Europe
- January 11 – Theodora becomes reigning empress of the Byzantine Empire.
- October 24 – Ralph the Timid is defeated by the Welsh.
- Beginning of the campaign of Ferdinand I of Castile against al-Andalus. The king conquers Seia from the Christian allies of the Muslim taifas.[1]
By topic
Art
- Construction on the Liaodi Pagoda in Hebei is complete. It is the tallest pagoda in Chinese history standing at a height of 84 m (275 ft) tall.
Religion
- April 13 – Pope Victor II succeeds Pope Leo IX as the 153rd pope.
- An abbey was set up at Tihany, Hungary by András (Andrew) I. The written agreement is the earliest record in the Hungarian language.
Births
Deaths
- January 11 – Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire
- May 26 – Margrave Adalbert of Austria
- Princess Goda of England
References
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