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Thai solar calendar | 1588–1589 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1172 or 791 or 19 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1173 or 792 or 20 |
Year 1046 (MXLVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Autumn – King Modena).
- Vatha Pagan Revolt: King Peter Orseolo (the Venetian) is overthrown after a 2-year reign. Bishops Gerard of Csanád and Bystrík (or Bestricus) are stoned to death in Budapest (Hungary).
Britain
- Ealdred, bishop of Worcester, leads troops from England on an unsuccessful punitive raid against the Welsh leaders Gruffydd ap Rhydderch, Rhys ap Rhydderch and Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.[1][2]
Asia
By topic
Exploration
- March 5 – Nasir Khusraw begins his 7-year Middle Eastern (19,000-kilometre) journey, which he later describes in the book Safarnāmé.
Religion
- Summer – Ex-Pope Benedict IX gives up a renewed attempt to reclaim the papal throne in Rome; Sylvester III reasserts his claim.
- December 20 – Pope Gregory VI is accused of simony at the Council of Sutri, and abdicates as pope of the Catholic Church.
- December 25 – Pope Clement II succeeds Gregory VI as the 149th pope, and crowns Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor.
- Hildesheim Cathedral (Germany) is largely destroyed by fire.
Births
- May 8 – Constance, queen of Castile and León (d. 1093)
- Afridun I (the Martyr), ruler (shah) of Shirvan (d. 1120)
- Bernard of Thiron, founder of the Order of Tiron (d. 1117)
- Ingegerd, queen of Denmark and Sweden (approximate date)
- Leo Marsicanus (or Ostiensis), Italian cardinal (d. 1115)
- Masud Sa'd Salman, Persian poet and writer (d. 1121)
- Matilda, margravine of Tuscany (d. 1115)[3]
Deaths
- January 24 – Eckard II (or Ekkehard), German nobleman (b. 985)
- February 26 – Fujiwara no Sanesuke, Japanese nobleman (b. 957)
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- Beth Nuhadra (b. 975)
- Art Uallach Ua Ruairc, king of Connacht
- Bystrík (or Bestricus), Hungarian bishop
- Eido II (or Egidius), bishop of Meissen (or 1045)
- Geoffrey II, count of Gâtinais (approximate date)
- Gerard of Csanád, Hungarian missionary-bishop
- Lower Lorraine (b. 1008)
- Lyfing of Winchester, English abbot and bishop
- Oliba, Spanish count, abbot and bishop
- Richard of Verdun, French abbot (b. 970)
- William I (Iron Arm), Norman nobleman
References
- ISBN 0-582-84882-2.
- ISBN 0-7524-2973-6.
- ^ "Matilda of Canossa | countess of Tuscany". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 18, 2019.