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 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.