1047
year
1047 (MXLVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1047th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 47th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 11th century, and the 8th year of the 1040s decade. As of the start of 1047, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1010s 1020s 1030s – 1040s – 1050s 1060s 1070s |
| Years: | 1044 1045 1046 – 1047 – 1048 1049 1050 |
| 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) 3743 or 3683 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3744 or 3684 |
| 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 |
Events
change- Battle of Val-ès-Dunes: William the Conqueror, with assistance from King Henry I of France, takes control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at Caen.
- Harald III becomes sole king of Norway.
- Sweyn II is crowned king of Denmark.
- Pope Clement II is replaced by Pope Benedict IX as the 150th pope.
- Revolt of Leo Tornikios in the Byzantine Empire
Births
change- Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, French born, English nobleman (died 1101)
- Judith of Swabia, daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Deaths
change- October 9 – Pope Clement II
- October 25 – King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024)