Editing 1052

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[[File:Emma Receiving the Encomium.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Emma of Normandy]], queen consort of England (left), receives her ''[[Encomium Emmae Reginae|Encomium]]'' ([[British Library]]).]]
Year '''1052''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MLII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== England ====
* Summer &ndash; [[Godwin, Earl of Wessex|Godwin]], Earl of [[Wessex]], sails with a large fleet up the [[River Thames|Thames]] to [[London]], forcing King [[Edward the Confessor]] to reinstate him into his previous position of power.

==== Africa ====
* [[Battle of Haydaran]]: The [[Zirid dynasty]] is defeated by the invading [[Bedouin]] [[Arabs|Arab]] tribes of the [[Banu Hilal]].<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 53.</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Byōdō-in]], a Japanese [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] temple (located in the [[Kyoto Prefecture]]), changes its name by order of [[Fujiwara no Yorimichi]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Philip I of France|Philip I]] ("the Amorous"), king of [[France in the Middle Ages|France]] (d. [[1108]])
* September/October &ndash; [[Conrad II, Duke of Bavaria|Conrad II]] ("the Child"), duke of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] (d. [[1055]])
* [[Agnes of Aquitaine, Countess of Savoy|Agnes of Aquitaine]], countess of [[Savoy]] (approximate date)
* [[Dirk V, Count of Holland|Dirk V]], count of [[County of Holland|Friesland]] (west of the [[Vlie]]) (d. [[1091]])
* [[Edgar Ætheling]], uncrowned king of [[Kingdom of England|England]] (d. c. [[1126]]) (approximate date)
* [[Gleb Svyatoslavich]], Kievan prince (approximate date)
* [[Jón Ögmundsson]], Icelandic bishop and saint (d. [[1121]])
* [[Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury]], Norman [[Nobility|nobleman]] (approximate date)
* [[Roman Svyatoslavich]], Kievan prince (approximate date)

== Deaths ==
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Emma of Normandy]], queen consort of [[Kingdom of England|England]] (twice), [[Denmark]] and [[Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)|Norway]] (b. [[984]])
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany|Boniface III]], Italian prince and margrave (assassinated)
* June 2/4 &ndash; assassinations
** [[Guaimar IV of Salerno]], Italian nobleman
** [[Pandulf III of Salerno]], Lombard prince
** [[Pandulf of Capaccio]], Lombard nobleman
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Fan Zhongyan]], chancellor of the [[Song dynasty]] (b. [[989]])
* [[October 4]] &ndash; [[Vladimir of Novgorod|Vladimir Yaroslavich]], Grand Prince of [[Kyiv]] (b. [[1020]])
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad]], Uqaylid emir<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last = Zetterstéen | first = K. V. | author-link = Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen | title = Ḳarwās̲h̲ | encyclopedia = The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume II: E–K | location = Leiden and London | publisher = E. J. Brill | year = 1927 | pages = 781–782 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2214-871X_ei1_SIM_3957}}</ref>
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[Aaron Scotus]], Irish [[abbot]] and musician
* [[Amadeus I, Count of Savoy|Amadeus I]], count of [[Savoy]] (approximate date)
* [[Halinard]], French archbishop (approximate date)
* [[Hugh II, Count of Ponthieu|Hugh II]], count of [[Ponthieu]] (also lord of [[Abbeville]])
* [[Rodulf (missionary bishop)|Rodulf]], Norman [[missionary bishop]] and abbot
* [[Sweyn Godwinson]] (or Swein), English nobleman 
* [[Xu Daoning]], Chinese painter (approximate date)
* [[Xuedou Chongxian]], Chinese [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk

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