1048

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Years: 1045 1046 1047 - 1048 - 1049 1050 1051

Decades: 1010s 1020s 1030s - 1040s - 1050s 1060s 1070s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

• The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway.
• Battle of Pasinler - Seljuks defeat a force of Byzantines and Georgians
• Benedict IX driven from Rome, ending his third and final pontificate

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)