1052

By place England • Summer – Godwin, Earl of Wessex, sails with a large fleet up the Thames to London, forcing King Edward the Confessor to reinstate him into his previous position of power. Africa • Battle of Haydaran: The Zirid dynasty is defeated by the invading Bedouin Arab tribes of the Banu Hilal. By topic Religion • Byōdō-in, a Japanese Buddhist temple (located in the Kyoto Prefecture), changes its name by order of Fujiwara no Yorimichi. == Births ==

• May 23 – Philip I ("the Amorous"), king of France (d. 1108) • September/October – Conrad II ("the Child"), duke of Bavaria (d. 1055) • Agnes of Aquitaine, countess of Savoy (approximate date) • Dirk V, count of Friesland (west of the Vlie) (d. 1091) • Edgar Ætheling, uncrowned king of England (d. c. 1126) (approximate date) • Gleb Svyatoslavich, Kievan prince (approximate date) • Jón Ögmundsson, Icelandic bishop and saint (d. 1121) • Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Norman nobleman (approximate date) • Roman Svyatoslavich, Kievan prince (approximate date) == Deaths ==

• March 6 – Emma of Normandy, queen consort of England (twice), Denmark and Norway (b. 984) • May 6 – Boniface III, Italian prince and margrave (assassinated) • June 2/4 – assassinations • Guaimar IV of Salerno, Italian nobleman • Pandulf III of Salerno, Lombard prince • Pandulf of Capaccio, Lombard nobleman • June 19 – Fan Zhongyan, chancellor of the Song dynasty (b. 989) • October 4 – Vladimir Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1020) • October 27 – Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad, Uqaylid emir • December 14 – Aaron Scotus, Irish abbot and musician • Amadeus I, count of Savoy (approximate date) • Halinard, French archbishop (approximate date) • Hugh II, count of Ponthieu (also lord of Abbeville) • Rodulf, Norman missionary bishop and abbot • Sweyn Godwinson (or Swein), English nobleman • Xu Daoning, Chinese painter (approximate date) • Xuedou Chongxian, Chinese Buddhist monk == References ==