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== Events ==
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Pope Sylvester III]] becomes the 146th pope, succeeding [[Pope Benedict IX|Benedict IX]], who abdicated during the previous year.<ref name=Sylvester>{{cite web |title=Sylvester III – pope or antipope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvester-III |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=May 30, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Edward the Confessor]], King of England, marries [[Edith of Wessex]] (daughter of [[Earl Godwin]]) and she is crowned queen consort at Winchester.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward the Confessor |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/edward_confessor.shtml |website=BBC – History |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> This year also in [[Kingdom of England|England]], Edward begins construction of [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Westminster Abbey|url=http://www.westendatwar.org.uk/page_id__186_path__0p28p.aspx |website=westendatwar.org.uk |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>
* [[February]] &ndash; [[Pope Sylvester III]] is deposed (election deemed invalid); [[Pope Benedict IX]] is elected once more, becoming the 147th pope.<ref name=Sylvester />
* [[February 5]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Reizei]] ascends the throne of [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adolphson |first1=Mikael S. |title=The Gates of Power: Monks, Courtiers, and Warriors in Premodern Japan |date=2000 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=9780824823344 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kjT8_78YAwAC&pg=PA77|language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 5]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory VI]] becomes the 148th pope, following the resignation of [[Pope Benedict IX]] in exchange for money. There are growing allegations that [[simony]] is taking place during Gregory VI's reign.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gregory VI – pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gregory-VI-pope |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=May 30, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Movable type]] [[printing]] is invented by [[Bi Sheng]] in [[China]].<ref>{{cite web |title=No. 894: Inventing Printing |url=https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi894.htm |website=uh.edu |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>
* The [[Qingli Reforms]], put forth by the Chinese statesman [[Fan Zhongyan]] in [[1043]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ebrey |first1=Patricia Buckley |last2=Smith |first2=Paul Jakov |title=State Power in China, 900-1325 |date=2016 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=9780295998480 |page=192 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SpADAAAQBAJ&pg=PA192|language=en}}</ref> are halted by their conservative ministerial peers, but will later influence reform efforts under [[Wang Anshi]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ebrey |first1=Patricia Buckley |last2=Smith |first2=Paul Jakov |title=State Power in China, 900-1325 |date=2016 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=9780295998480 |page=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SpADAAAQBAJ&pg=PA172|language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia]] is surrendered to the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], ending the Kingdom.