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AD 1061: Robert "Guiscard" began his invasion of Sicily and conquered Messina in this year.

AD 1059: 15th February - Total solar eclipse. Government ministers in China blamed this astronomical event on Emperor (Renzong of Song...

AD 1057: Isaac I Komnenos became Byzantine Emperor.

AD 1055: Song Dynasty set up a national standard examination for medical science. Exams were held every three years, in which students...

AD 1054: July 4 (approx.) – SN 1054, a supernova, is first observed by the Chinese, Arabs and possibly Native Americans, near the star...

AD 1053: Ouyang Xiu finished writing The New History of the Five Dynasties. It was the only history book in China that wasn't written...

AD 1051: Hilarion of Kiev became the first native metropolitan (head of an ecclesiastical province in the Eastern Orthodox Church) of...

AD 1049: In the last years of his life, Fan Zhongyan established the Fan Family's Charitable Foundation (范氏義莊) to help with poor people...

AD 1048: Catastrophic Yellow River flood in Northern Song China; the river changes its course until 1194.

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AD 1047: Rebel Byzantine general Leo Tronikios proclaimed himself emperor and besieged Constantinople. However after initial setbacks...

AD 1045: The Qingli Reforms failed. By October, all its new policies were cancelled except the rebuilding of Taixue (imperial college)...

AD 1041: The Movable Type Printing technique was invented by Bi Sheng. Similar to what Gutenberg would do 400 years later, Bi Sheng...

AD 1038: Li Yuanhao claimed the title of emperor and established the Western Xia Dynasty (it had existed as a kingdom for a long time...

AD 1032: Odo II, Count of Blois, invaded Burgundy and occupied most of its lands. However, in the same year he was later repelled by...