The 1050s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1050, and ended on December 31, 1059.
Significant people
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Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Godwin of Wessex (; died 15 April 1053) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great (King of England from 1016 to 1035) and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first ...
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Al-Qa'im
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Tughril
Abu Talib Muhammad Tughril ibn Mika'il (), better known as Tughril (; also spelled Toghril / Tughrul), was a Turkoman"The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes
by the Turkomans at the battle of Malazgirt (Manzikert) is ...
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