Year 1050 (ML) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe Hedeby is sacked by King Harald III (Hardrada) of Norway, during the course of a conflict with Sweyn II of Denmark. King Anund Jacob dies after a 28-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother Emund the Old as king of Sweden. Macbeth (the Red King) of Scotland makes a pilgrimage to Rome. Africa Aoudaghost, an important Berber trading center and rival of Koumbi Saleh, is captured by the Ghana Empire. By topic Religion King Edward the Confessor unites the dioceses of Devon and Cornwall located at Crediton. He moves the see to Exeter and gives the order to build a cathedral. Leofric becomes the first bishop of Exeter. The brewery of Weltenburg Abbey (modern Germany) is first mentioned, thus making it one of the oldest still operating breweries in the world (approximate date). Births November 11 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106) Amadeus II, count of Savoy (approximate date) Berthold II, duke of Swabia (approximate date) Bertrand of Comminges, French bishop (d. 1126) Frederick I, duke of Swabia (approximate date) Leopold II (the Fair), margrave of Austria (d. 1095) Lhachen Gyalpo, king of Ladakh (approximate date) Liutold of Eppenstein, German nobleman (approximate date) Li Tang, Chinese landscape painter (approximate date) Lope Íñiguez, lord of Biscay (approximate date) Michael VII (Doukas), Byzantine emperor (approximate date) Muhammad al-Baghdadi, Arab mathematician (d. 1141) Muirchertach Ua Briain, king of Munster (approximate date) Olaf I (Hunger), king of Denmark (approximate date) Olaf III (the Peaceful), king of Norway (approximate date) Osbern of Canterbury, English hagiographer (d. 1090) Peter the Hermit, French priest (approximate date) Sophia of Hungary, duchess of Saxony (approximate date) Sviatopolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1113) Vidyakara, Indian Buddhist scholar (d. 1130) Deaths February 10 – Anna, Grand Princess of Kiev (b. 1001) October 29 – Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury Alferius (or Alferio), Italian abbot and saint (b. 930) Anund Jacob (or James), king of Sweden (b. 1008) Casilda of Toledo, Spanish saint (approximate date) Constantine Arianites, Byzantine general Einar Thambarskelfir, Norwegian nobleman Herleva, Norman noblewoman (approximate date) Hugh of Langres, French bishop and theologian Humphrey de Vieilles, Norman nobleman Michael Dokeianos, Byzantine general Suryavarman I, king of the Khmer Empire Wifred II, count of Cerdanya and Berga Zoë, empress of the Byzantine Empire