What is 1049?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}} {{Year nav|1049}} {{Year in various calendars|1049}} {{Year article header|1049}} [[File:Pope Leo IX.jpg|thumb|alt=Pope Leo IX (1002–1054) |Pope Leo IX (1002–1054)]] == Events == === By place === ==== Africa ==== * Beginning of the [[Banu Hilal]] invasions in the Maghrib. They are organized by the Egyptian [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] dynasty to punish their former [[Zirid dynasty|Zirid]] vassals. ==== Asia ==== * 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]]. ==== Europe ==== * The [[Republic of Pisa|Pisans]] successfully complete the take over of [[Sardinia|Sardegna]] upon the [[Al-Andalus|Andalusian]] occupiers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Benvenuti|first=Gino|title=Le Repubbliche Marinare. Amalfi, Pisa, Genova e Venezia|year=1985|publisher=Newton & Compton Editori|location=Rome|isbn=88-8289-529-7|page=42}}</ref> * [[History of Ireland (800–1169)|Viking Irish]] raiders ally with [[Gruffydd ap Rhydderch]] of [[Kingdom of Gwent|Gwent]] in raiding along the [[River Usk]]. [[Ealdred (bishop)|Ealdred]], [[Bishop of Worcester]], is unsuccessful in driving them off. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * [[February 12]] &ndash; [[List of popes|Pope Leo IX]] replaces [[Pope Damasus II]] as the 152nd [[pope]]. == Deaths == * [[Eustace I, Count of Boulogne]] * [[Pope Sylvester III]] (born [[1000]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1049}} [[Category:1049| ]]