Battle of the Alta River and the Kiev uprising
The Cumans rout Yaroslav's sons, and Kiev overthrows its prince
The Cumans defeated the army of Yaroslav the Wise's three sons, Iziaslav, Sviatoslav and Vsevolod. The Kiev assembly demanded weapons to fight again and, when refused, rose up: Iziaslav fled to Poland, and Vseslav of Polotsk was freed from prison and put on the throne.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1066 Battle of Hastings — 2 years earlier
- 1066 Halley's Comet over England — 2 years earlier
- 1077 Walk to Canossa — 9 years later
- c. 1088 University of Bologna — 20 years later
Middle East
- 1054 East–West Schism — 14 years earlier
- 1071 Battle of Manzikert — 3 years later
Africa
- c. 1070 The Almoravids found Marrakesh — 2 years later
Asia
- 1044 First gunpowder formulas in the Wujing Zongyao — 24 years earlier
- 1054 Supernova SN 1054 — 14 years earlier
Alive at the time
- William the Conqueror (aged 40)
- Omar Khayyam (aged 20)
- Henry IV (aged 18)
- Vladimir II Monomakh (aged 15)
- Iziaslav I (aged 44)
- Vsevolod I (aged 38)
- Shen Kuo (aged 37)
- Sviatopolk II (aged 18)
- Philip I (aged 16)
- Nestor the Chronicler (aged 12)