1049

February 2011 1049 1049 upright=1.35|thumb|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.Philibert Schmitz, "Theoduin", in Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 24 (Brussels, 1929), 757-758. The Republic of Pisa successfully completes the conquest of Sardinia, from the Andalusian occupiers.Benvenuti Gino Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia 1985 Newton & Compton Editori Rome 88-8289-529-7 42 [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. Barlow Frank The Godwins Pearson Education Ltd 2002 39 0-582-42381-3 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.van der Linde Herald Majapahit: Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia's Greatest Empire 2024 Monsoon Books Private, Limited 978-1-915310-28-6 1st New York References