Famous Deaths Happened In 1048

Aug 09 Pope Damasus II [Poppo] dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days in the year 1048.  

Dec 13 In the year 1048 al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74  

May 18 Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) was born in the year 1048.  

May 25 In the year 1048 birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)