1050

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1020s  1030s  1040s  – 1050s –  1060s  1070s  1080s
Years:	1047 1048 1049 – 1050 – 1051 1052 1053

Events

• Start of the Ottoman Empire

Births

• November 11 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany, German royal (died 1106)
• date unknown – Peter the Hermit, French monk and writer (died 1115)

Deaths

• King Arthur (fictional character), King of Camelot (born 960)