1056

Events

* The creation of the Crab Nebula is observed by a Chinese astronomer.
* Anselm leaves Italy.
* Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, becomes King of Germany.
* Ottokar, Count of Steyr, becomes Margrave of the Karantanian March, later known as Styria.
* The Pagoda of Fugong Temple of Shanxi in northern China is built during the Liao Dynasty. Work begins on the Pizhi Pagoda of Lingyan Temple, Shandong, China, under the opposing Song Dynasty.
* The Muslims expel 300 Christians from Jerusalem, and European Christians are forbidden to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

Births

Deaths

* August 31 — Theodora, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire (b. 981)
* October 5 — Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)
* Abu L'Ala al-Ma'arri, Syrian poet