1058
Year 1058 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- March 17 - King Lulach of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and rival Malcolm III who becomes king of the Scots.
- September 20 - Empress Agnes de Poitou and King Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border zone in Burgenland.
- 4-year-old Judith of Swabia, youngest daughter of the late Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, is engaged to Solomon, [King of Hungary|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, eldest son of Casimir I the Restorer, succeeds his father after his death in Poznań and becomes duke of Poland.
Africa
- The Almoravids conquer the Barghawata, a group of Berber tribes, who have established an independent state in modern-day Morocco.
By topic
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 - Byzantine Emperor Isaac I Komnenos deposes Michael I Cerularius, patriarch of Constantinople, and has him exiled to Prokonnessos.
- Ealdred, archbishop of York, becomes the first English bishop to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Births
- Al-Ghazali, Persian theologian and jurist
- Ibn Bassam, Andalusian poet and historian
- Synadene, queen consort of Hungary
- Theodora Anna Doukaina Selvo, Venetian dogaressa
- Wynebald de Ballon, Norman nobleman
Deaths
- March 1 - Ermesinde, countess and regent of Barcelona
- March 17 - Lulach, king of Scotland
- March 29 - Stephen IX, pope of the Catholic Church
- August 2 - Judith of Schweinfurt, duchess of Bohemia
- November 28 - Casimir I the Restorer, duke of Poland
- Abdollah ibn Bukhtishu, Syrian physician
- Abu Muhammad al-Yazuri, vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
- Ælfwold II, bishop of Sherborne
- Al-Mawardi, Abbasid jurist and diplomat
- Boite mac Cináeda, Scottish prince
- Centule IV Gaston, 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, duke of Aquitaine