Years: 1044 1045 1046 - 1047 - 1048 1049 1050

Decades: 1010s 1020s 1030s - 1040s - 1050s 1060s 1070s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

• William the Conqueror, with assistance from King Henry I of France, secured control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at Caen the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes

Births

Deaths

• October 9 - Pope Clement II