1048
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1010s 1020s 1030s – 1040s – 1050s 1060s 1070s |
| Years: | 1045 1046 1047 – 1048 – 1049 1050 1051 |
| 1048 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1048 MXLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1801 |
| Armenian calendar | 497 ԹՎ ՆՂԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5798 |
| Bengali calendar | 455 |
| Berber calendar | 1998 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1592 |
| Burmese calendar | 410 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6556–6557 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3744 or 3684 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3745 or 3685 |
| Coptic calendar | 764–765 |
| Discordian calendar | 2214 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1040–1041 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4808–4809 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1104–1105 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 970–971 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4149–4150 |
| Holocene calendar | 11048 |
| Igbo calendar | 48–49 |
| Iranian calendar | 426–427 |
| Islamic calendar | 439–440 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 3 (永承３年) |
| Julian calendar | 1048 MXLVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3381 |
| Minguo calendar | 864 before ROC 民前864年 |
| Seleucid era | 1359/1360 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1590–1591 |
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Year 1048 (MXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- September 10 or September 18 – Battle of Kapetrou: Seljuks defeat a force of Byzantines and Georgians.
Europe
- Failed Byzantine attempt to reconquer Malta.
- Last Viking raid on the Kingdom of England; unsuccessful raiders flee to Flanders.[1]
- King Edward the Confessor of England goes to war against Flanders, blockading the English Channel with a fleet based at Sandwich, Kent.[1]
- Approximate date – The city of Oslo is founded by King Harald Hardrada of Norway.
By topic
Religion
- July 16 – Pope Benedict IX is driven from Rome by German troops, ending his third and final pontificate.
- July 17 – Pope Damasus II succeeds Benedict IX as the 151st pope.
Births
- May 18 – Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1123)
- May 25 – Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)
- June 16 – Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami, Persian Sufi and Sufi writer
- Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1118)
Deaths
- August 9 – Pope Damasus II
- December 13 – Al-Biruni, Persian mathematician (b. 973)
References
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