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

1049 by topic
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1049 in various 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) 3746 or 3539 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3747 or 3540
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

Year 1049 (MXLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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.

January 13 – Theodwin, prince-bishop of Liège, defeats Count Dirk IV of West Frisia near Dordrecht, and restores imperial authority in the Rhine Delta.^[1]
The Republic of Pisa successfully completes the conquest of Sardinia, from the Andalusian occupiers.^[2]

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.

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