1050 deaths

11th century Italian monk, inventor of modern musical notation

Byzantine Empress

King of Sweden from 1022 until 1050 (1008-1050)

Swedish princess and Grand Princess of Kiev

Cambodian king

thumb|The three sons of Herleva of Falaise: William the Conqueror|William, Duke of Normandy, in the centre, Odo, the bishop of [[Bayeux, on the left and Robert, Count of Mortain, on the right (Bayeux Tapestry, 1070s)]] Herleva () was an 11th-century Norman woman known for having been the mother of William the Conqueror, born to an extramarital relationship with Robert I, Duke of Normandy, and also of William's prominent half-brothers Odo of Bayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain, born to Herleva's marriage to Herluin de Conteville.

Ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire from 1041 to 1050

Christian saint

Alferius () (930–1050) was an Italian abbot and saint.

Byzantine catepan of Italy

byzantine general (died 1050)

Count of Berga

Eadsige (died 29 October 1050), was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1038 to 1050. He crowned Edward the Confessor as king of England in 1043.

Bukhtnassar Ali was the fourteenth Shirvanshah, ruling from 1049 to 1050. He was the successor and nephew of Qubad. His father Ahmad b. Yazid was a son of Yazid II. He was immediately deposed by his uncle, Sallar. Bukhtnassar managed to escape but was captured and executed by forces of Sallar near Baylaqan.