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{{Year nav|1055}} {{Year in various calendars|1055}} {{Year article header|1055}} [[File:Tetarteron-Theodora-sb1838.jpg|thumb|alt=1055 |1055]] == 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 (11th century)|Theodora]] becomes reigning empress of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. * [[October 24]] – [[Ralph the Timid]] is defeated by the [[Welsh people|Welsh]]. * Beginning of the campaign of [[Ferdinand I of Castile]] against [[al-Andalus]]. The king conquers [[Seia Municipality|Seia]] from the Christian allies of the Muslim [[taifas]].<ref name=picard2000>{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique|year=2000|publisher=Maisonneuve & Larose|location=Paris|isbn=2-7068-1398-9|page=109}}</ref> === 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]] – [[List of popes|Pope Victor II]] succeeds [[List of popes|Pope Leo IX]] as the 153rd [[pope]]. * An abbey was set up at [[Tihany]], Hungary by [[Andrew I of Hungary|András (Andrew) I]]. The written agreement is the earliest record in the [[Hungarian language]]. == Births == * == Deaths == * [[January 11]] – [[Constantine IX Monomachos]], emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman Empire]] * [[May 26]] – Margrave [[Adalbert of Austria]] * Princess [[Goda of England]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1055}} [[Category:1055]]