1049

1049 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1049; MXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1802
Armenian calendar	498; ԹՎ ՆՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	5799
Balinese saka calendar	970–971
Bengali calendar	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); 3745 or 3685; — to —; 己丑年 (Earth Ox); 3746 or 3686
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	阳土鼠年; (male Earth-Rat); 1175 or 794 or 22; — to —; 阴土牛年; (female Earth-Ox); 1176 or 795 or 23

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1010s 1020s 1030s – 1040s – 1050s 1060s 1070s
Years:	1046 1047 1048 – 1049 – 1050 1051 1052

1049 (MXLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1049th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 49th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 11th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1040s decade. As of the start of 1049, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events[change | change source]

Beginning of the Banu Hilal invasions in the Maghrib. They are organized by the Egyptian Fatimid dynasty to punish their former Zirid vassals.

A truce is declared between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks.
Construction of the large Iron Pagoda in Kaifeng, China, is completed in this year during the Song Dynasty.

The Pisans successfully complete the take over of Sardegna upon the Andalusian occupiers.^[1]
Viking Irish raiders ally with Gruffydd ap Rhydderch of Gwent in raiding along the River Usk. Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester, is unsuccessful in driving them off.