What Happened in 1059

Major Events

  • Apr 13 Papal bull "In nomine Domini" (In the Name of the Lord) issued by Pope Nicholas II establishing popes elected by Bishops and Cardinals not appointed by their predecessor
  • May 23 Henri I crowns his son King Philip I (called the Amorous) of France
  • Aug 23 Treaty of Melfi: Pope Nicholas II recognizes the Norman conquest of Southern Italy by appointing Norman adventurer Robert Guiscard Duke of Apulia and Calabria and Count of Sicily

Who Died in 1059

  • Jan 21 Michael I Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople (1043-59) whose excommunication by Rome caused the Great Schism, dies (b. c. 1000)
  • Jun 29 Bernard II, Duke of Saxony


World Leaders in 1059