Year 1058 (MLVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe March 17 – King Lulach (the Unfortunate) of Scotland is killed in battle at Lumphanan against his cousin and rival Malcolm III (Canmore) who becomes "king of the Scots". September 20 – Empress Agnes de Poitou and King Andrew I (the White) of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border zone in Burgenland (modern Austria). The 4-year-old Judith of Swabia, the youngest daughter of the late Emperor Henry III (the Black), is engaged to Prince Solomon of Hungary at Regensburg. Norman conquest of southern Italy: Norman forces under Richard Drengot besiege and capture Capua. He takes the princely title from Prince Landulf VIII. Bolesław II (the Generous), the eldest son of Casimir I (the Restorer), succeeds his father after his death in Poznań. He becomes duke of Poland. Africa The Almoravids conquer the Berghouata, a group of Berber tribes, who have establish an independent state in modern-day Morocco. By topic Religion Spring – Pope Stephen IX pronounces on the authenticity of the relics of Mary Magdalene at Vézelay Abbey in Burgundy, making it a major centre of pilgrimage. March 29 – Stephen IX dies of a severe illness after a pontificate of 7-months at Florence. He is succeeded by Nicholas II who will be installed the following year. November 6 – Emperor Isaac I (Komnenos) deposes Michael I (Cerularius), patriarch of Constantinople, and has him exiled to Prokonnessos (until 1059). Ealdred, archbishop of York, becomes the first English bishop to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Births Al-Ghazali, Persian theologian and jurist (approximate date) Ibn Bassam, Andalusian poet and historian (d. 1147) Synadene, queen consort of Hungary (approximate date) Theodora Anna Doukaina Selvo, Venetian dogaressa (d. 1083) Wynebald de Ballon, Norman nobleman (approximate date) Deaths March 1 – Ermesinde, countess and regent of Barcelona March 17 – Lulach (the Unfortunate), king of Scotland March 29 – Stephen IX, pope of the Catholic Church August 2 – Judith of Schweinfurt, duchess of Bohemia November 28 – Casimir I, duke of Poland (b. 1016) Abdollah ibn Bukhtishu, Syrian physician (b. 940) Abu Muhammad al-Yazuri, vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate Ælfwold II, bishop of Sherborne (approximate date) Al-Mawardi, Abbasid jurist and diplomat (b. 972) Boite mac Cináeda (or Bodhe), Scottish prince Centule IV Gaston (the Old), viscount of Béarn Egbert