Years: 1042 1043 1044 - 1045 - 1046 1047 1048

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

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century 1045 state leaders

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.

Births

• Stephen, Count of Blois (approximately) (d. 1102)

Deaths

• February 7 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)