Apr 15 Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.
Jun 23 In the year 1053 norseman Robert Guiscard gains victory at Civitate over papal forces raised by Leo IX, who is captured Robert, 38, takes Benevento from the Byzantines and founds the Norman Empire that will rule southern Italy until 1194
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Jul 07 Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129) was born in the year 1053.