1052

Year 1052 (MLII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

England

 * Summer – Godwin, Earl of Wessex, sails with a large fleet up the 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 Arab tribes of the Banu Hilal.

Religion

 * Byōdō-in, a Japanese Buddhist temple (located in the Kyoto Prefecture), changes its name by order of Fujiwara no Yorimichi.

Births

 * May 23 – Philip I ("the Amorous"), king of France (d. 1108)
 * Agnes of Aquitaine, countess of Savoy (approximate date)
 * Conrad II ("the Child"), duke of Bavaria (d. 1055)
 * Dirk V, count of Friesland (west of the Vlie) (d. 1091)
 * Gleb Svyatoslavich, Kievan prince (approximate date)
 * Jón Ögmundsson, Icelandic bishop and saint (d. 1121)
 * Robert of Bellême, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
 * Roman Svyatoslavich, Kievan prince (approximate date)

Deaths

 * March 6 – Emma of Normandy, queen consort of England (twice), Denmark and Norway (b. 984)
 * May 6 – Boniface III, Italian prince and margrave (assassinated)
 * June 19 – Fan Zhongyan, chancellor of the Song dynasty (b. 989)
 * October 4 – Vladimir Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1020)
 * October 27 – Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad, Uqaylid emir
 * December 14 – Aaron Scotus, Irish abbot and musician
 * Amadeus I, count of Savoy (approximate date)
 * Guaimar IV of Salerno, Italian nobleman (assassinated)
 * Halinard, French archbishop (approximate date)
 * Hugh II, count of Ponthieu (also lord of Abbeville)
 * Pandulf III of Salerno, Lombard prince (assassinated)
 * Pandulf of Capaccio, Lombard nobleman (assassinated)
 * Rodulf, Norman missionary bishop and abbot
 * Sweyn Godwinson (or Swein), English nobleman
 * Xu Daoning, Chinese painter (approximate date)
 * Xuedou Chongxian, Chinese Buddhist monk