1058

1058 (MLVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1058th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 58th year of the 2nd millennium, the 58th year of the 11th century, and the 9th year of the 1050s decade. As of the start of 1058, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• March 17 – King Lulach of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and rival Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, who later becomes King as Máel Coluim III.
• September 20 – Agnes de Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary met to talk about the border-zone in present-day Burgenland.
• Antipope Benedict X is crowned pope, but is later removed.
• Pope Nicholas II is elected pope in December and started working in the position the following year.
• Boleslaus II takes office as duke of Poland.
• Construction begins on the Cathedral of Parma, Italy.
• Aldred becomes the first English bishop to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
• The Almoravids take over the Berghouata.

Births

• Al-Ghazali, Muslim theologian, jurist and mystic.
• probable year of birth of Godefroy de Bouillon, the main leader of the First Crusade

Deaths

• March 17 – King Lulach of Scotland
• March 29 – Pope Stephen IX
• Casimir I of Poland (b. 1015)
• Saint Alfwold

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