1045

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• Emperor Go-Reizei ascends the throne of Japan.
• Harold Godwinson becomes Earl of Wessex.
• Edward the Confessor marries Edith.
• Edward the Confessor begins construction on Westminster Abbey.
• Pope Benedict IX sells the Papacy to Pope Gregory VI.
• Movable type printing is invented by Bi Sheng in China.

• Stephen, Count of Blois (approximately)
• El Cid (approximately)

• Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan