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Year '''1059''' ('''[[Roman numeral|MLIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. |
Year '''1059''' ('''[[Roman numeral|MLIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. |
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1020s 1030s 1040s – 1050s – 1060s 1070s 1080s |
| Years: | 1056 1057 1058 – 1059 – 1060 1061 1062 |
Year 1059 (MLIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- January 24 – Pope Nicholas II takes over for Pope Stephen IX as the 155th Pope. He was placed in opposition to Antipope Benedict X.
- August – Robert Guiscard signs the Treaty of Melfi with Pope Nicholas II.
- Anselm settles at the Benedictine monastery of Le Bec in Normandy.
- The Lateran Council makes the College of Cardinals the sole voters in the election of popes.
- Muhammed ben Da'ud, known as Alp Arslan, becomes second sultan of the Seljuk Turks.
- Peter Krešimir IV is crowned King of Croatia and Dalmatia
- Isaac I Comnenus resigns as Byzantine Emperor, appointing Constantine Ducas as his replacement.
Births
- Fulcher of Chartres, chronicler historian of the First Crusade