What is 1048?
{{Year nav|1048}} {{Year in various calendars|1048}} {{Year article header|1048}} [[File:Tomb of Pope Damasus II.jpg|thumb|alt=Tomb of Pope Damasus II (r. 1048) |Tomb of Pope Damasus II (r. 1048)]] == Events == * The city of [[Oslo]] is founded by King [[Harald Hardrada]] of [[Norway]]. * [[Battle of Pasinler]] – [[Seljuks]] defeat a force of [[Byzantines]] and [[Georgia (country)|Georgians]]. * [[Pope Benedict IX]] is driven out of [[Rome]], ending his third and final [[papacy|pontificate]]. == Births == * [[May 18]] &ndash; [[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]]) [[Category:1048| ]]