1048

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century 11th century 12th century
Decades:	1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s 1060s
Years:	1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 1051

1048 in various calendars

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

Tomb of Pope Damasus II (r. 1048)

1048 (MXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1048th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 48th year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century, and the 9th year of the 1040s decade. As of the start of 1048, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• September 18 – Battle of Kapetron: A combined Byzantine-Georgian army, under Byzantine generals Aaronios and Katakalon Kekaumenos (supported by the Georgian duke Liparit IV), confronts the invading Seljuk Turks, led by Ibrahim Inal (a half-brother of Sultan Tughril), at Kapetron (near modern-day Pasinler). The Byzantines defeat their opposing Turkish forces in the flanks, but in the centre Ibrahim Inal captures Liparit, and can safely withdraw from Byzantine territory, laden with spoils and captives, including Liparit.
• Winter – Emperor Constantine IX sends an embassy with gifts and a ransom, to release Liparit IV to Tughril. However, the sultan sets Liparit free, on the condition that he will never again fight the Seljuks.

Europe

• Winter – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor appoints his cousin, Bishop Bruno of Toul (related to the counts of Egisheim-Dagsburg in Upper Alsace) as successor of Damasus II at an assembly at Worms.
• The city of Oslo is founded by King Harald Hardrada of Norway (approximate date).

England

• 1048 or 1066 – End of the Viking Age: Vikings make an unsuccessful raid on the Kingdom of England; The raiders flee to Flanders (modern Belgium).
• King Edward the Confessor goes to war against Flanders, blockading the English Channel with a fleet based at Sandwich, Kent.

China

• Catastrophic Yellow River flood in Northern Song China; the river changes its course until 1194.

By topic

Religion

• July 16 – At orders of Henry III, German troops under Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany ("of Canossa"), enter Rome and expel Pope Benedict IX.
• July 17 – Pope Damasus II succeeds Benedict IX as the 151st pope of the Catholic Church, but dies after 23 days.
• December – Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, bishop of Toul, is selected as the new pope by an assembly at Worms - after canonical election in Rome next February, he assumes the name Pope Leo IX.

Births

• May 18 – Omar Khayyam, Persian mathematician and poet (d. 1131)
• May 25 – Shenzong, emperor of the Song dynasty (d. 1085)
• October – Matilda of Germany, duchess of Swabia (d. 1060)
• Arwa al-Sulayhi, queen and co-ruler of Yemen (d. 1138)
• Domnall Ua Lochlainn, High King of Ireland (d. 1121)
• Harding of Bristol, English sheriff reeve (approximate date)
• Magnus II (Haraldsson), king of Norway (approximate date)
• Peter I, Italian nobleman (House of Savoy) (d. 1078) (approximate date)
• Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami, Persian Sufi writer and poet (d. 1141)
• Turgot of Durham, Scottish bishop (approximate date)

Deaths

• January 19 – Jingzong, Chinese founding emperor of Western Xia (b. 1003)
• January 25 – Poppo, abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy (b. 977)
• March 29 (or 1047) – Æthelstan of Abingdon, English abbot (or 1047)
• June 1 – Minamoto no Yorinobu, Japanese samurai (b. 968)
• June 7 – Berno of Reichenau, German abbot
• August 9 – Damasus II, pope of the Catholic Church
• November 11 – Adalbert, duke of Upper Lorraine (b. 1000)
• December 9 – Al-Biruni, Persian scholar and polymath (b. 973)
• Cenn Fáelad Ua Cúill, Irish poet and Chief Ollam
• Humbert I, founder of the House of Savoy (or 1047)
• Mael Fabhaill Ua hEidhin, Irish king of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne
• Rainulf Trincanocte, Italo-Norman nobleman