1051

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1051 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1051 MLI
Ab urbe condita	1804
Armenian calendar	500 ԹՎ Շ
Assyrian calendar	5801
Balinese saka calendar	972–973
Bengali calendar	457–458
Berber calendar	2001
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1595
Burmese calendar	413
Byzantine calendar	6559–6560
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3748 or 3541 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3749 or 3542
Coptic calendar	767–768
Discordian calendar	2217
Ethiopian calendar	1043–1044
Hebrew calendar	4811–4812
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1107–1108
- Shaka Samvat	972–973
- Kali Yuga	4151–4152
Holocene calendar	11051
Igbo calendar	51–52
Iranian calendar	429–430
Islamic calendar	442–443
Japanese calendar	Eishō 6 (永承６年)
Javanese calendar	954–955
Julian calendar	1051 MLI
Korean calendar	3384
Minguo calendar	861 before ROC 民前861年
Nanakshahi calendar	−417
Seleucid era	1362/1363 AG
Thai solar calendar	1593–1594
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Iron-Tiger) 1177 or 796 or 24 — to — ལྕགས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Iron-Hare) 1178 or 797 or 25

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Events

Spring – William of Normandy consolidates his power in Normandy. He fights over the control of Maine (after the death of Count Hugh IV), and lays siege to the fortresses of Alençon and Domfront (Western France).
May 19 – King Henry I of France marries Anne of Kiev at the cathedral of Reims. William of Normandy marries Matilda of Flanders, daughter of Count Baldwin V, which Henry sees as a threat to his throne.^[1]
Summer – Drogo of Hauteville, count of Apulia and Calabria, meets Pope Leo IX in southern Italy – who has been sent by Emperor Henry III (the Black) to re-establish the "freedom of the Catholic Church". Drogo is forced to promise Pope Leo to stop the Normans from pillaging the Lombard countryside. On his way back (August 10), Drogo is assassinated near Bovino by a Byzantine conspiracy.
Autumn – Battle of Vértes: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor invades the Kingdom of Hungary, and is utterly defeated by Andrew I of Hungary.

Eustace II, count of Boulogne, visits England and is received with honour at the court by King Edward the Confessor. In Dover a fight breaks out between the Norman visitors and the locals, resulting in the deaths of several people. Edward blames the people of Dover and orders Godwin, earl of Wessex, to deal with them. Godwin refuses to obey Edward's order, and in response Edward raises an army and forces the Godwin family into exile.
Edward the Confessor invites William of Normandy to England. It is at this point that it is thought that Edward promises the English throne to William in the event of his death.^[2]
Heregeld, commonly known as Danegeld, is abolished by Edward the Confessor. It has been collected for many years to provide funds for defending the country from Viking raiders.^[3]