1059
year
1059 (MLIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1059th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 59th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 11th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1050s decade. As of the start of 1059, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1020s 1030s 1040s – 1050s – 1060s 1070s 1080s |
| Years: | 1056 1057 1058 – 1059 – 1060 1061 1062 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1059 MLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1812 |
| Armenian calendar | 508 ԹՎ ՇԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5809 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 980–981 |
| Bengali calendar | 466 |
| Berber calendar | 2009 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1603 |
| Burmese calendar | 421 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6567–6568 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3755 or 3695 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3756 or 3696 |
| Coptic calendar | 775–776 |
| Discordian calendar | 2225 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1051–1052 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4819–4820 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1115–1116 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 980–981 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4159–4160 |
| Holocene calendar | 11059 |
| Igbo calendar | 59–60 |
| Iranian calendar | 437–438 |
| Islamic calendar | 450–451 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōhei 2 (康平２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 962–963 |
| Julian calendar | 1059 MLIX |
| Korean calendar | 3392 |
| Minguo calendar | 853 before ROC 民前853年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −409 |
| Seleucid era | 1370/1371 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1601–1602 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 1185 or 804 or 32 — to — 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 1186 or 805 or 33 |
Events
change- January 24 – Pope Nicholas II takes over for Pope Stephen IX as the 155th Pope. He was placed in opposition to Antipope Benedict X.
- August – Robert Guiscard signs the Treaty of Melfi with Pope Nicholas II.
- 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.
- Peter Krešimir IV is crowned King of Croatia and Dalmatia
- Isaac I Comnenus resigns as Byzantine Emperor, appointing Constantine Ducas as his replacement.
Births
change- Fulcher of Chartres, chronicler historian of the First Crusade