1047
This article is about the year 1047. For the planned Dutch battlecruisers, see Design 1047 battlecruiser.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1010s 1020s 1030s – 1040s – 1050s 1060s 1070s |
| Years: | 1044 1045 1046 – 1047 – 1048 1049 1050 |
| 1047 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1047 MXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1800 |
| Armenian calendar | 496 ԹՎ ՆՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5797 |
| 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 | 969–970 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4148–4149 |
| Holocene calendar | 11047 |
| Igbo calendar | 47–48 |
| Iranian calendar | 425–426 |
| Islamic calendar | 438–439 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 2 (永承２年) |
| Julian calendar | 1047 MXLVII |
| Korean calendar | 3380 |
| Minguo calendar | 865 before ROC 民前865年 |
| Seleucid era | 1358/1359 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1589–1590 |
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Year 1047 (MXLVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- August 10 – Battle of Val-ès-Dunes: William, Duke of Normandy, with assistance from King Henry I of France, secures control of Normandy by defeating rebel Norman barons at Caen.
- September 25–28 – Rebel general Leo Tornikios, having proclaimed himself Byzantine emperor, besieges Constantinople. Troops led personally by Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos repel him.
- October – Pope Clement II is succeeded by Pope Benedict IX as the 150th pope.
- October 25 – Harald Hardrada becomes sole king of Norway on the death of his uncle Magnus the Good; the crown of Denmark passes to Sweyn II.
- November – The usurping Pope Benedict IX seizes the Lateran Palace in Rome.
Births
- Judith of Swabia, daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Deaths
- October 9 – Pope Clement II
- October 25 – King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024)