1048
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| Years: 1045 1046 1047 - 1048 - 1049 1050 1051 |
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| Decades: 1010s 1020s 1030s - 1040s - 1050s 1060s 1070s |
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| Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century |
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| 1048 by topic | |
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| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1048 MXLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1801 |
| Armenian calendar | 497 ԹՎ ՆՂԷ |
| Chinese calendar | 3744 – 3745 丁亥 – 戊子 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1040 – 1041 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4808 – 4809 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1103 – 1104 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 970 – 971 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4149 – 4150 |
| Iranian calendar | 426 – 427 |
| Islamic calendar | 439 – 440 |
Events
- The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway.
- Battle of Pasinler - Seljuks defeat a force of Byzantines and Georgians.
- July 16 - Pope Benedict IX driven from Rome, ending his third and final pontificate.
- July 17 - Pope Damasus II succeeds Pope Benedict IX as the 149th pope.
Births
- May 18 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1123)
- May 25 - Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)
- Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1118)
Deaths
- August 9 - Pope Damasus II
- December 13 - Al-Biruni, Persian mathematician (b. 973)