1047

This article is about the year 1047. For the planned Dutch battlecruisers, see Design 1047 battlecruiser.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century 11th century 12th century
Decades:	1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s 1060s
Years:	1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050

1047 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1047 MXLVII
Ab urbe condita	1800
Armenian calendar	496 ԹՎ ՆՂԶ
Assyrian calendar	5797
Balinese saka calendar	968–969
Bengali calendar	454
Berber calendar	1997
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1591
Burmese calendar	409
Byzantine calendar	6555–6556
Chinese calendar	丙戌年 (Fire  Dog) 3744 or 3537     — to — 丁亥年 (Fire  Pig) 3745 or 3538
Coptic calendar	763–764
Discordian calendar	2213
Ethiopian calendar	1039–1040
Hebrew calendar	4807–4808
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1103–1104
- Shaka Samvat	968–969
- Kali Yuga	4147–4148
Holocene calendar	11047
Igbo calendar	47–48
Iranian calendar	425–426
Islamic calendar	438–439
Japanese calendar	Eishō 2 (永承２年)
Javanese calendar	950–951
Julian calendar	1047 MXLVII
Korean calendar	3380
Minguo calendar	865 before ROC 民前865年
Nanakshahi calendar	−421
Seleucid era	1358/1359 AG
Thai solar calendar	1589–1590
Tibetan calendar	阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1173 or 792 or 20     — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1174 or 793 or 21

Map of the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes (1047)

Year 1047 ( MXLVII ) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

• September 25 – 28 – Rebel general Leo Tornikios (a nephew of Emperor Constantine IX) proclaims himself emperor at Adrianople, and besieges Constantinople. Byzantine troops personally led by Constantine repel him, and re-occupy the walls. Tornikios is forced to withdraw, while his followers start to abandon him. Finally, he is captured at a church in Boulgarophygon (modern Turkey), and is publicly blinded. ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Winter – Constantine IX allows the Pecheneg tribes to cross the Danube and settle permanently in Byzantine territory. He buys their alliance with presents, using them to attack his enemies (Bulgars and Magyars) in the rear, and so to prevent any southward advance of the Kievan Rus'. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Europe

• Spring – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor ("the Black") travels to southern Italy, and deprives Guaimar IV of his title Duke of Apulia and Calabria. He receives homage from Drogo of Hauteville, who becomes "Duke and Master of all Italy". ^{[7] [8] [9]}
• August 10 – Battle of Val-ès-Dunes: Norman duke William I secures control over Normandy with assistance from King Henry I of France by defeating rebel Norman barons at Caen. Later in October, William promulgates the "Truce of God" throughout his duchy. ^{[10] [11] [12]}
• October 25 – Harald Hardrada becomes sole king of Norway on the death of his nephew and co-regent Magnus I ("the Good"). The crown of Denmark passes to Sweyn II. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

By topic

Religion

• October 9 – Pope Clement II dies suddenly after a 9-month pontificate. Benedict IX usurps the papal throne as the 150th pope of the Catholic Church (his third time in the office). ^{[16] [17] [18]}
• November – Benedict IX, with support of Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany, seizes the Lateran Palace in Rome. ^{[19] [20]}

Births

• December 28 – Sunjong, ruler of Goryeo (d. 1083) ^{[21] [22]}
• Cai Jing, Chinese official and calligrapher (d. 1126) ^{[23] [24] [25]}
• Qingshui, Chinese Chan Buddhist monk (d. 1101) ^{[26] [27]}
• Xiang, Chinese empress regent of the Song dynasty (d. 1102) ^{[28] [29] [30]}
• Yizong, Chinese emperor of Western Xia (d. 1068) ^{[31] [32] [33]}
• Approximate date
  • Hugh d'Avranches, Norman nobleman (d. 1101) ^{[34] [35]}
  • Simon de Crépy, French nobleman ^[36]
  • Wyszesława of Kiev, duchess of Poland ^[37]

Deaths

• March 29 (or 1048) – Æthelstan of Abingdon, English abbot (or 1048) ^{[38] [39] [40]}
• June 16 – Poppo, archbishop of Trier ^{[41] [42] [43]}
• August 29 – Ælfwine, bishop of Winchester ^{[44] [45] [46]}
• September 7 – Otto II, duke of Swabia ^{[47] [48]}
• October 9 – Clement II, pope of the Catholic Church ^{[49] [50] [51]}
• October 16 – Henry VII, German nobleman ^{[52] [53]}
• October 25 – Magnus the Good, king of Norway ^{[54] [55] [56]}
• Eustace I, count of Boulogne (House of Flanders)
• Grimketel, English clergyman and bishop ^{[57] [58] [59]}
• Humbert I, founder of the House of Savoy (or 1048) ^[60]
• Levente, Hungarian nobleman (House of Árpád) ^[61]
• Miecław (or Miesław), Polish nobleman ^{[62] [63] [64]}
• Nripa Kama II, Indian king (Hoysala Empire) ^{[65] [66]}
• Raymond III, count of Pallars Jussà ^{[67] [68]}
• Rodulfus Glaber, French Benedictine chronicler (b. 985) ^{[69] [70] [71]}
• Stephen II, count of Troyes and Meaux ^{[72] [73]}
• Approximate date
  • Gerard Flaitel, Norman nobleman and knight ^{[74] [75] [76]}
  • Godgifu, English princess ^[77]

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