1048
| Years: 1045 1046 1047 - 1048 - 1049 1050 1051 | |
| Decades: 1010s 1020s 1030s - 1040s - 1050s 1060s 1070s | |
| Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century | |
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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 Khayyam, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1123)
- Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1118)
Deaths
- August 9 - Pope Damasus II
- December 13 - Al-Biruni, Persian mathematician (b. 973)
Heads of State
- Byzantine Empire - Constantine IX (reigned from 1042 to 1055)
- England - Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042 to 1066)
- France - Henri I (reigned from 1031 to 1060)
- Scotland - Macbeth (reigned from 1040 to 1057)
- Song China - Renzong (仁宗) (reigned from 1022 to 1063)