1053

Events 
 June 18 – Battle of Civitate: 3,000 horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey defeat the troops of 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 – 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 – Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. 1001)
 October 25 – Count Enguerrand II of Ponthieu

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