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, the 48th year of 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.

Tomb of Pope Damasus II (r. 1048)

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1010s  1020s  1030s  – 1040s –  1050s  1060s  1070s
Years:	1045 1046 1047 – 1048 – 1049 1050 1051

1048 in other 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) 3744 or 3684     — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3745 or 3685
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

Events

• The city of Oslo is founded by King Harald Hardrada of Norway.
• Battle of Pasinler – Seljuks defeat a force of Byzantines and Georgians.
• Pope Benedict IX is driven out of Rome, ending his third and final pontificate.

Births

• May 18 – Omar Khayyam, Persian poet and mathematician (died 1134)
• date unknown
  • Michael IX Comneus, Byzantine emperor (died 1088)
  • Pope Paschal II (died 1118)

Deaths

• Pope Damasus II (born 1000)