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1050| 1000–1100 | Europe [sports] | ‘Tables’, or backgammon, is introduced to Europe by the Arabs (or reintroduced, as it is similar in name and appearance to the Roman game Tabula). It becomes extremely popular over the next few centuries. The name ‘backgammon’ is first used in the mid-17th century. | | 1047–1080 | France [legislation] | The earliest known code of laws and customs of any French town, the Etablissements de Saint-Quentin, is drawn up. (The original code is lost but is known from a copy of 1151.) | | 1050 | Europe [astronomy] | The astrolabe, a new device for making astronomical measurements and calculations, arrives in Europe from the East, where Muslim scientists developed it two centuries ago. | | 11 November 1050 | Germany, Holy Roman Empire [births and deaths] | Henry IV, German king 1054–1106 and Emperor 1084–1106, son of Henry III, born, possibly in Goslar, Saxony (–1106). |
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