Editing 1047 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[September 25]]&ndash;[[September 28|28]] &ndash; Rebel general [[Leo Tornikios]] (a nephew of Emperor [[Constantine IX Monomachos|Constantine IX]]) proclaims himself emperor at [[Edirne#History|Adrianople]], and besieges [[Constantinople]]. Byzantine troops personally led by Constantine repel him, and re-occupy the walls. Tornikios is forced to withdraw, while his followers start to abandon him. Finally, he is captured at a church in [[Babaeski|Boulgarophygon]] (modern [[Turkey]]), and is publicly blinded.<ref>{{ODB|page=2097}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyk_DwAAQBAJ&q=1047+Leo+Tornikios&pg=PA71|title=Byzantine Macedonia: Identity, Image and History: Papers from the Melbourne Conference July 1995|last=Smythe|first=Dion C.|publisher=BRILL|year=2000|isbn=9789004344730|editor-last=Burke|editor-first=John|location=Leiden and Boston|pages=71–72|language=en|chapter=Macedonians in Eleventh and Twelfth Century Byzantine Historiography|editor-last2=Scott|editor-first2=Roger}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVoPAwAAQBAJ&q=1047+Leo+Tornikios&pg=PA310|title=The Byzantine Empire: The Rear Guard of the European Civilization|last=Foord|first=E. A.|publisher=Adam & Charles Black|year=1911|isbn=9785875891434|location=London|pages=310–311|language=en}}</ref>
* Winter &ndash; Constantine IX allows the [[Pechenegs|Pecheneg]] tribes to cross the [[Danube]] and settle permanently in Byzantine territory. He buys their alliance with presents, using them to attack his enemies ([[Bulgars]] and [[Hungarians|Magyars]]) in the rear, and so to prevent any southward advance of the [[Kievan Rus']].<ref>John Julius Norwich (2011). ''Byzantium: The Apogee'', pp. 314–315. {{ISBN|0-394-53779-3}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=24S4DkCsjz8C&q=1047+Pechenegs+Constantine&pg=PA126|title=Byzantine Military Organization on the Danube, 10th-12th Centuries|last=Madgearu|first=Alexandru|publisher=BRILL|year=2013|isbn=9789004252493|location=Leiden and Boston|pages=124–126|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{The Early Medieval Balkans|page=208|chapter=Raiders from the North, 1046 to the 1070s}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor]] ("the Black") travels to southern [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]], and deprives [[Guaimar IV of Salerno|Guaimar IV]] of his title [[County of Apulia and Calabria|Duke of Apulia and Calabria]]. He receives [[Homage (feudal)|homage]] from [[Drogo of Hauteville]], who becomes "Duke and Master of all Italy".<ref>Raoul Manselli (1960). "Altavilla, Drogone". ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'', vol. 2. Alberto Ghisalberti (ed.)</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M40ABAAAQBAJ&q=1047+Guaimar+IV&pg=PA109|title=The Age of Robert Guiscard: Southern Italy and the Northern Conquest|last=Loud|first=Graham|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn=9781317900238|location=London and New York|pages=106–107|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gop3g_fuNQQC&q=1047+Guaimar+IV&pg=PA87|title=The History of the Normans|last=of Montecassino|first=Amatus|publisher=Boydell Press|year=2004|isbn=9781843830788|editor-last=Loud|editor-first=Graham A.|location=Woodbridge, England and Rochester, NY|pages=86–87|language=en|translator-last=Dunbar|translator-first=Prescott N.}}</ref>
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Battle of Val-ès-Dunes]]: Norman duke [[William the Conqueror|William I]] secures control over [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]] with assistance from King [[Henry I of France]] by defeating rebel Norman barons at [[Caen]]. Later in October, William promulgates the "[[Peace and Truce of God|Truce of God]]" throughout his duchy.<ref>David C. Douglas (1999). ''William the Conqueror'', p. 1026. (Yale University Press).</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4jvgO9op-igC&q=1047+Battle+of+Val-%C3%A8s-Dunes&pg=PA98|title=The Battle of Hastings: Sources and Interpretations|last=Morillo|first=Stephen|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|year=1999|isbn=9780851156194|location=Woodbridge, England|pages=98|language=en|orig-year=1996}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zSJnMdalm1cC&q=1047+Battle+of+Val-%C3%A8s-Dunes&pg=PA383|title=William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England|last=Douglas|first=David Charles|publisher=University of California Press|year=1964|location=Berkeley and Los Angeles|pages=383|language=en|chapter=Appendix B: The Chronology of Duke William's Campaigns Between 1047 and 1054}}</ref>
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Harald Hardrada]] becomes sole king of [[Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)|Norway]] on the death of his nephew and co-regent [[Magnus the Good|Magnus I]] ("the Good"). The crown of [[Denmark]] passes to  [[Sweyn II of Denmark|Sweyn II]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vp1oIgjuqxkC&q=1047+Harald+III&pg=PA340|title=An Enquiry Into the History of Scotland: Preceding the Reign of Malcolm III, Or the Year 1056, Including the Authentic History of that Period|last=Pinkerton|first=John|publisher=J. Ballantyne and Company, for Bell & Bradfute|year=1814|volume=II|location=Edinburgh|pages=340|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historynorthmen00wheagoog|quote=1047 Harald III.|title=History of the Northmen, Or Danes and Normans, from the Earliest Times to the Conquest of England by William of Normandy|last=Wheaton|first=Henry|publisher=John Murray|year=1831|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historynorthmen00wheagoog/page/n367 345]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PEsM1ibpcJQC&q=1047+Sweyn+II&pg=PA81|title=Kings, Rulers, and Statesmen|last1=Wise|first1=Leonard F.|last2=Hansen|first2=Mark Hillary|last3=Egan|first3=E. W.|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|year=2005|isbn=9781402725920|location=New York|pages=81|language=en|orig-year=1967}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[October 9]] &ndash; Pope [[Pope Clement II|Clement II]] dies suddenly after a 9-month [[pontificate]]. [[Pope Benedict IX|Benedict IX]] usurps the papal throne as the 150th pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (his third time in the office).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lkErDwAAQBAJ&q=1047+Pope+Clement+II&pg=PA458|title=Routledge Revivals: Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia|last=Blumenthal|first=Uta-Renate|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2017|isbn=9781351664462|editor-last=Kleinhenz|editor-first=Christopher|volume=I: A - K|location=London and New York|pages=458|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xPqvCQAAQBAJ&q=1047+Pope+Clement+II&pg=PA123|title=Inventing the Public Sphere: The Public Debate during the Investiture Contest (c. 1030–1122)|last=Melve|first=Leidulf|publisher=BRILL|year=2007|isbn=9789047422754|location=Leiden and Boston|pages=123|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XRkfKdho-5cC&q=1047+Pope+Clement+II&pg=PP210|title=Encyclopedia of World Religions|last1=Becchio|first1=Bruno|last2=Schadé|first2=Johannes P.|publisher=Foreign Media Group|year=2006|isbn=9781601360007|location=Amsterdam and Zurich|pages=2006|language=en}}</ref>
* November &ndash; Benedict IX, with support of [[Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany]], seizes the [[Lateran Palace]] in [[Rome]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/heirsoffisherman00pham|url-access=registration|quote=1047 Benedict IX.|title=Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession|last=Pham|first=John-Peter|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=9780195346350|location=Oxford and New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/heirsoffisherman00pham/page/57 57]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vcDBAgAAQBAJ&q=1047+Benedict+IX+Lateran&pg=PA169|title=A Corrupt Tree: An Encyclopaedia of Crimes committed by the Church of Rome against Humanity and the Human Spirit|last=A.S|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|year=2014|isbn=9781483665375|volume=I: The Unholy Popes and the Debasement of Western Civilization|location=Bloomington, IN|pages=169|language=en|chapter=Benedict IX (1032 - 1044, 1045, 1047 - 1048)}}</ref></onlyinclude>