1056

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1020s 1030s 1040s – 1050s – 1060s 1070s 1080s
Years:	1053 1054 1055 – 1056 – 1057 1058 1059

1056 by topic
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Births – Deaths
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Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

Anselm leaves Italy.
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, becomes King of Germany.
Ottokar, Count of Steyr, becomes Margrave of the Karantanian March, later known as Styria.
The Pagoda of Fugong Temple of Shanxi in northern China is built during the Liao Dynasty. Work begins on the Pizhi Pagoda of Lingyan Temple, Shandong, China, under the opposing Song Dynasty.
The Muslims expel 300 Christians from Jerusalem, and European Christians are forbidden to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Macedonian dynasty ends in Byzantine Empire.