What is 1053?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}} {{Year nav|1053}} {{Year in various calendars|1053}} {{Year article header|1053}} [[File:Battaglia di Civitate - 18 06 1053.svg|thumb|alt=Map of Battle of Civitate (Southern Italy). Papal forces (left) with blue banners. |Map of Battle of Civitate (Southern Italy). Papal forces (left) with blue banners.]] == Events == * [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Battle of Civitate]]: 3,000 horsemen of [[Normandy|Norman]] Count Humphrey defeat the troops of [[List of popes|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 == * [[July 7]] &ndash; [[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]] == Deaths == * [[April 15]] &ndash; [[Godwin, Earl of Wessex]] (b. [[1001]]) * [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Enguerrand II of Ponthieu|Count Enguerrand II]] of [[Ponthieu]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1053}} [[Category:1053| ]]