• For the second time, Henry I of France tried to invade Normandy. William of Normandy and his forces defeated the combined armies France and Anjou at Dives, Normandy, and William maintained control of Normandy.
  
• Pope Victor II died in July and was succeeded by Pope Stephen IX in August.
  
• Isaac I Komnenos becomes Byzantine Emperor when Michael VI Stratioticus abdicates in August.
  
• The Nizamiyah, a Sunni madrasah, was founded by Nizam al-Mulk, in Baghdad Iraq.

Those who ruled:

• Aed in Gai Bernaig Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht, from 1046 to 1067
  
• Bagrat IV, King of All Georgia, Bagrationi Dynasty, from 1027 to 1072
  
• Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, from 1011 to 1059
  
• Daozong, Emperor of Khitan, from 1055 to 1101
  
• Edward the Confessor, King of England, from 1042 to 1066
  
• Ferdinand I, King of Castile and Leon, from 1035 to 1065
  
• Floris I, Count of West Friesland, from 1049 to 1061
  
• Go-Reizei, Emperor of Japan, from 1045 to 1068
  
• Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales, from 1055 to 1063
  
• Henry I, King of France, from 1031 to 1060
  
• Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, from 1039 to 1056
  
• Henry IV, King of the Romans from 1056 to 1087, Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105
  
• Izjaslav I of Turov, Grand Prince of Kiev, from 1054 to 1068
  
• Kazimierz I, King of Poland, from 1039 to 1058
  
• Lulach, King of Scotland, from 1057 to 1058
  
• Michael VI Stratioticus, Byzantine Emperor, from 1056 to 1057, followed by Isaac I Komnenos after August. He would reign until 1059.
  
• Munjong, King of Korea, Goryeo Dynasty, from 1046 to 1083
  
• Ramiro I, King of Aragon and Navarre, from 1035 to 1063
  
• Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona, from 1035 to 1076
  
• Renzong, Emperor of China, Song Dynasty, from 1022 to 1063
  
• Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, from 1032 to 1076
  
• Pope Stephen IX, Bishop of Rome, from 1057 to 1058
  
• Yizong, Emperor of Western Xia, from 1048 to 1067
  

Those who were born:

• Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy
  
• William II, King of England
  

Those who died:

• Macbeth, King of Scotland, dies at the Battle of Lumphanan in August
  
• Pope Victor II, July 28, 1057
  
• Edward the Exile, August. Son of Edmund Ironside and father of Margaret of Scotland

1056 - 1057 - 1058

11th century