1059
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| Centuries: | 10th century - 11th century - 12th century |
| Decades: | 1020s 1030s 1040s - 1050s - 1060s 1070s 1080s |
| Years: | 1055 1056 1057 - 1058 - 1059 1060 1061 |
| 1059 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1059 MLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1812 |
| Armenian calendar | 508 ԹՎ ՇԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -785 – -784 |
| Berber calendar | 2009 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1603 |
| Burmese calendar | 421 |
| Chinese calendar | 3695/3755-12-15 (戊戌年十二月十五日) — to —
3696/3756-11-24(己亥年十一月廿四日) |
| Coptic calendar | 775 – 776 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1051 – 1052 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4819 – 4820 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1114 – 1115 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 981 – 982 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4160 – 4161 |
| Holocene calendar | 11059 |
| Iranian calendar | 437 – 438 |
| Islamic calendar | 450 – 451 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3392 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1602 |
[edit] Events
- 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.
- Isaac I Comnenus resigns as Byzantine Emperor, appointing Constantine Ducas as his successor.
- January 24 — Pope Nicholas II succeeds Pope Stephen IX as the 155th Pope, installed in opposition to Antipope Benedict X.
- August - Robert Guiscard signs the Treaty of Melfi with Pope Nicholas II.
[edit] Births
- Fulcher of Chartres, chronicler of the First Crusade
