Death of Yaroslav the Wise
The grand prince divides Rus' among his sons
Yaroslav the Wise, under whom Kiev rivalled Constantinople, divided his lands among his sons before his death and told them to obey the eldest, Iziaslav. The rule of the Yaroslavich triumvirate followed, and then long princely feuds.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1066 Battle of Hastings — 12 years later
- 1066 Halley's Comet over England — 12 years later
- 1077 Walk to Canossa — 23 years later
Middle East
- 1054 East–West Schism — same year
- 1071 Battle of Manzikert — 17 years later
Africa
- c. 1070 The Almoravids found Marrakesh — 16 years later
Asia
- 1040 Battle of Dandanaqan — 14 years earlier
- 1044 First gunpowder formulas in the Wujing Zongyao — 10 years earlier
- 1054 Supernova SN 1054 — same year
Alive at the time
- Yaroslav the Wise (aged 76)
- Edward the Confessor (aged 51)
- William the Conqueror (aged 26)
- Omar Khayyam (aged 6)
- Henry IV (aged 4)
- Vladimir II Monomakh (aged 1)
- Henry I (aged 46)
- Henry III (aged 38)
- Iziaslav I (aged 30)
- Vsevolod I (aged 24)