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August 2024 1048 1048 upright=1.35|thumb|Tomb of Pope Damasus II (r. 1048) 1048 Events By place Byzantine Empire September 18 – Battle of Kapetron: A combined Byzantine-Georgian army, under Byzantine generals Aaronios and Katakalon Kekaumenos (supported by the Georgian duke Liparit IV), confronts the invading Seljuk Turks, led by Ibrahim Inal (a half-brother of Sultan Tughril), at Kapetron (near modern-day Pasinler). The Byzantines defeat their opposing Turkish forces in the flanks, but in the centre Ibrahim Inal captures Liparit, and can safely withdraw from Byzantine territory, laden with spoils and captives, including Liparit.Beihammer Alexander Daniel Byzantium and the Emergence of Muslim-Turkish Anatolia, ca. 1040–1130 Taylor & Francis 2017 978-1-351-98386-0 https://books.google.com/books?id=HyYlDwAAQBAJ 77–79 Winter – Emperor Constantine IX sends an embassy with gifts and a ransom, to release Liparit IV to Tughril. However, the sultan sets Liparit free, on the condition that he will never again fight the Seljuks. Europe Winter – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor appoints his cousin, Bishop Bruno of Toul (related to the counts of Egisheim-Dagsburg in Upper Alsace) as successor of Damasus II at an assembly at Worms. The city of Oslo is founded by King Harald Hardrada of Norway (approximate date).https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g190479-s1/Oslo:Norway:Inside.html Inside Oslo: Inside Trip Advisor 25 March 2010 England 1048 or 1066 – End of the Viking Age: Vikings make an unsuccessful raid on the Kingdom of England; The raiders flee to Flanders (modern Belgium).Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 50–51 0-7126-5616-2 King Edward the Confessor goes to war against Flanders, blockading the English Channel with a fleet based at Sandwich, Kent. China Catastrophic Yellow River flood in Northern Song China; the river changes its course until 1194. By topic Religion July 16 – At orders of Henry III, German troops under Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany ("of Canossa"), enter Rome and expel Pope Benedict IX. July 17 – Pope Damasus II succeeds Benedict IX as the 151st pope of the Catholic Church, but dies after 23 days. December – Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, bishop of Toul, is selected as the new pope by an assembly at Worms - after canonical election in Rome next February, he assumes the name Pope Leo IX. Births May 18 – Omar Khayyam, Persian mathematician and poet (d. 1131) May 25 – Shenzong, emperor of the Song dynasty (d. 1085) October – Matilda of Germany, duchess of Swabia (d. 1060) Arwa al-Sulayhi, queen and co-ruler of Yemen (d. 1138) Domnall Ua Lochlainn, High King of Ireland (d. 1121) Harding of Bristol, English sheriff reeve (approximate date) Magnus II (Haraldsson), king of Norway (approximate date) Peter I, Italian nobleman (House of Savoy) (d. 1078) (approximate date) Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami, Persian Sufi writer and poet (d. 1141) Turgot of Durham, Scottish bishop (approximate date) Deaths January 19 – Jingzong, Chinese founding emperor of Western Xia (b. 1003) January 25 – Poppo, abbot of Stavelot-Malmedy (b. 977) March 29 (or 1047) – Æthelstan of Abingdon, English abbot (or 1047) June 1 – Minamoto no Yorinobu, Japanese samurai (b. 968) June 7 – Berno of Reichenau, German abbot August 9 – Damasus II, pope of the Catholic Church November 11 – Adalbert, duke of Upper Lorraine (b. 1000) December 9 – Al-Biruni, Persian scholar and polymath (b. 973) Cenn Fáelad Ua Cúill, Irish poet and Chief Ollam Humbert I, founder of the House of Savoy (or 1047) Mael Fabhaill Ua hEidhin, Irish king of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne Rainulf Trincanocte, Italo-Norman nobleman References