1049

1049 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1049
MXLIX
Ab urbe condita1802
Armenian calendar498
ԹՎ ՆՂԸ
Assyrian calendar5799
Balinese saka calendar970–971
Bengali calendar455–456
Berber calendar1999
English Regnal yearN/A
Buddhist calendar1593
Burmese calendar411
Byzantine calendar6557–6558
Chinese calendar戊子年 (Earth Rat)
3746 or 3539
    — to —
己丑年 (Earth Ox)
3747 or 3540
Coptic calendar765–766
Discordian calendar2215
Ethiopian calendar1041–1042
Hebrew calendar4809–4810
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1105–1106
 - Shaka Samvat970–971
 - Kali Yuga4149–4150
Holocene calendar11049
Igbo calendar49–50
Iranian calendar427–428
Islamic calendar440–441
Japanese calendarEishō 4
(永承4年)
Javanese calendar952–953
Julian calendar1049
MXLIX
Korean calendar3382
Minguo calendar863 before ROC
民前863年
Nanakshahi calendar−419
Seleucid era1360/1361 AG
Thai solar calendar1591–1592
Tibetan calendarས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་
(male Earth-Rat)
1175 or 794 or 22
    — to —
ས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་
(female Earth-Ox)
1176 or 795 or 23
Pope Leo IX (1002–1054)

Year 1049 (MXLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

  • Spring – Pecheneg Revolt: Emperor Constantine IX decides to transfer 15,000 Pecheneg warriors from their positions in the Balkans to the eastern front. Upon approaching the Bosporus, the Pechenegs decide to turn back, and march through Bulgaria, until they reach the Byzantine city of Serdia. Later, joined by followers, the Pecheneg tribes raise the banner of revolt in Thrace.

Europe

  • January 13 – Theodwin, prince-bishop of Liège, defeats Count Dirk IV of West Frisia near Dordrecht and restores imperial authority in the Rhine Delta.[1]
  • The Republic of Pisa successfully completes the conquest of Sardinia, from the Andalusian occupiers.[2] [Dubious claim; since Sardinia was already governed by the Giudici by this time]

British Isles

  • Viking Irish raiders ally with King Gruffydd ap Rhydderch of Gwent in raiding along the River Severn.[3]

Africa

  • The Banu Hilal, a confederation of tribes of Arabia, begin their invasion in the Maghreb (North Africa). They are organized by the Egyptian Fatimid Caliphate to punish their former Zirid vassals.

Asia

  • The Iron Pagoda in Kaifeng is constructed, during the Chinese Song dynasty.

By topic

Religion


Births

  • October 9 – Seonjong, king of Goryeo (d. 1094)
  • Godelieve, Flemish saint (approximate date)
  • Hermann II, count palatine of Lotharingia (d. 1085)
  • John Theristus, Italian Benedictine monk (d. 1129)
  • Li Gonglin, Chinese painter and antiquarian (d. 1106)
  • Peter de Honestis, Italian monk (approximate date)
  • Saw Lu, king of the Pagan Kingdom (d. 1084)
  • Rhiryd ap Bleddyn, king of Powys (d. 1088)

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Philibert Schmitz, "Theoduin", in Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 24 (Brussels, 1929), 757-758.
  2. ^ Benvenuti, Gino (1985). Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia. Rome: Newton & Compton Editori. p. 42. ISBN 88-8289-529-7.
  3. ^ Barlow, Frank (2002). The Godwins. Pearson Education Ltd. p. 39. ISBN 0-582-42381-3.