1050

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Leofric becomes Bishop of Exeter

★ Hedeby is sacked by King Harald Hardraade of Norway during the course of a conflict with King Eric Estridsson of Denmark.

★ Swedish forces attack Finland

★ King Anund Jacob of Sweden is succeeded by Emund the Old. (See Swedish monarchs.)

Births

★ November 11 — Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)

★ Margrave Leopold II of Austria (d. 1095)

Deaths

★ Zoe of Byzantium, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire

★ Anund Jacob of Sweden, King of Sweden