1043

year

Year 1043 (MXLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:2nd millennium
Centuries:10th century11th century12th century
Decades: 1010s  1020s  1030s  – 1040s –  1050s  1060s  1070s
Years:1040 1041 104210431044 1045 1046
Tughril Beg (990–1063)
Tughril Beg (990–1063)

Events

  • October 31 – Venus occults Jupiter
  • Rus'-Byzantine War (1043).
  • Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England at Winchester Cathedral.
  • Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor marries Agnes de Poitou.
  • The revolt of George Maniaces against Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX ends when Maniaces is killed in battle near Thessalonica.
  • The Ziyarid dynasty of Persia is destroyed by the Seljuks.
  • In Song Dynasty China, the politicians Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan start the Qingli Reforms, which are halted by 1045.
  • The Norman brothers, William Iron Arm and Drogo de Hauteville, take power in Apulia.
  • The first king of the Kingdom of Nri, Eze Nri Ìfikuánim is created in West Africa.

Births

Deaths

  • George Maniaces, Byzantine general
  • Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (b. 989)

References