1058

Year 1058 (MLVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Europe

 * March 17 – King Lulach (the Unfortunate) of Scotland is killed in battle at Lumphanan against his cousin and rival Malcolm III (Canmore) who becomes "king of the Scots".
 * September 20 – Empress Agnes de Poitou and King Andrew I (the White) of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border zone in Burgenland (modern Austria).
 * The 4-year-old Judith of Swabia, the youngest daughter of the late Emperor Henry III (the Black), is engaged to Prince Solomon of Hungary at Regensburg.
 * Norman conquest of southern Italy: Norman forces under Richard Drengot besiege and capture Capua. He takes the princely title from Prince Landulf VIII.
 * Bolesław II (the Generous), the eldest son of Casimir I (the Restorer), succeeds his father after his death in Poznań. He becomes duke of Poland.

Africa

 * The Almoravids conquer the Berghouata, a group of Berber tribes, who have established an independent state in modern-day Morocco.

Religion

 * Spring – Pope Stephen IX pronounces on the authenticity of the relics of Mary Magdalene at Vézelay Abbey in Burgundy, making it a major centre of pilgrimage.
 * March 29 – Stephen IX dies of a severe illness after a pontificate of 7-months at Florence. He is succeeded by Nicholas II who will be installed the following year.
 * November 6 – Emperor Isaac I (Komnenos) deposes Michael I (Cerularius), patriarch of Constantinople, and has him exiled to Prokonnessos (until 1059).
 * Ealdred, archbishop of York, becomes the first English bishop to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Births

 * Al-Ghazali, Persian theologian and jurist (approximate date)
 * Ibn Bassam, Andalusian poet and historian (d. 1147)
 * Synadene, queen consort of Hungary (approximate date)
 * Theodora Anna Doukaina Selvo, Venetian dogaressa (d. 1083)
 * Wynebald de Ballon, Norman nobleman (approximate date)

Deaths

 * March 1 – Ermesinde, countess and regent of Barcelona
 * March 17 – Lulach (the Unfortunate), king of Scotland
 * March 29 – Stephen IX, pope of the Catholic Church
 * August 2 – Judith of Schweinfurt, duchess of Bohemia
 * November 28 – Casimir I, duke of Poland (b. 1016)
 * Abdollah ibn Bukhtishu, Syrian physician (b. 940)
 * Abu Muhammad al-Yazuri, vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
 * Ælfwold II, bishop of Sherborne (approximate date)
 * Al-Mawardi, Abbasid jurist and diplomat (b. 972)
 * Boite mac Cináeda (or Bodhe), Scottish prince
 * Centule IV Gaston (the Old), viscount of Béarn
 * Egbert of Fulda, German Benedictine abbot
 * Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, Persian poet and writer
 * Flaithem Mac Mael Gaimrid, Irish poet and Chief Ollam
 * Grigor Magistros, Armenian prince and governor
 * Ilduara Mendes, countess and regent of Portugal
 * Theophanu, abbess of Essen and Gerresheim
 * William VII (the Bold), duke of Aquitaine (b. 1023)