1048
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Gregorian calendar | 1048 MXLVIII |
Ab urbe condita | 1801 |
Armenian calendar | 497 ԹՎ ՆՂԷ |
Assyrian calendar | 5798 |
Balinese saka calendar | 969–970 |
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) 3745 or 3538 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3746 or 3539 |
Coptic calendar | 764–765 |
Discordian calendar | 2214 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1040–1041 |
Hebrew calendar | 4808–4809 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1104–1105 |
- Shaka Samvat | 969–970 |
- Kali Yuga | 4148–4149 |
Holocene calendar | 11048 |
Igbo calendar | 48–49 |
Iranian calendar | 426–427 |
Islamic calendar | 439–440 |
Japanese calendar | Eishō 3 (永承3年) |
Javanese calendar | 951–952 |
Julian calendar | 1048 MXLVIII |
Korean calendar | 3381 |
Minguo calendar | 864 before ROC 民前864年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −420 |
Seleucid era | 1359/1360 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1590–1591 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1174 or 793 or 21 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1175 or 794 or 22 |
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
- Byzantines fail to reconquer Malta.
- The last Viking raid is made 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)
- Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami, Persian Sufi and Sufi writer
- Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1118)
- Arwa al-Sulayhi, sovereign queen of Yemen (d. 1138)
Deaths
- August 9 – Pope Damasus II
- December 9 – Al-Biruni, Persian mathematician (b. 973)
References
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.