1049

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

1049 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1049 MXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1802
Armenian calendar	498 ԹՎ ՆՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	5799
Balinese saka calendar	970–971
Bengali calendar	455–456
Berber calendar	1999
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1593
Burmese calendar	411
Byzantine calendar	6557–6558
Chinese calendar	戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3746 or 3539     — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3747 or 3540
Coptic calendar	765–766
Discordian calendar	2215
Ethiopian calendar	1041–1042
Hebrew calendar	4809–4810
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1105–1106
- Shaka Samvat	970–971
- Kali Yuga	4149–4150
Holocene calendar	11049
Igbo calendar	49–50
Iranian calendar	427–428
Islamic calendar	440–441
Japanese calendar	Eishō 4 (永承４年)
Javanese calendar	952–953
Julian calendar	1049 MXLIX
Korean calendar	3382
Minguo calendar	863 before ROC 民前863年
Nanakshahi calendar	−419
Seleucid era	1360/1361 AG
Thai solar calendar	1591–1592
Tibetan calendar	ས་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)

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

• February 12 – Pope Leo IX succeeds Damasus II, as the 152nd pope of the Catholic Church. He goes on a one-year trip to promote the cause of the reformist program among the European prelates.

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

• January 1 – Odilo of Cluny, French Benedictine abbot
• January 12 – Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian Sufi poet (b. 967)
• January 13 – Dirk IV, count of Friesland west of the Vlie
• December 1 – Ermesinda of Bigorre, queen of Aragon (b. 1015)
• Airlangga, Indonesian ruler (raja) of Kahuripan