Editing 1045

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{{C11 year in topic}}Year '''1045''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MXLV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== 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.

== Births ==
* [[Huang Tingjian]], famous Chinese calligrapher, painter and poet (d. [[1105]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fu |first1=Shen |title=Oxford Art Online |chapter=Huang Tingjian |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/display/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000039229?rskey=ri4fkC&result=1 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=May 30, 2018 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t039229 |date=2003 |isbn=9781884446054 }}</ref>
* Approximate date
** [[Saint Margaret of Scotland|Margaret]], queen consort of Scotland (d. [[1093]])<ref>{{cite web |title=5 forgotten queens and princesses of Scotland |url=https://www.scotsman.com/regions/5-forgotten-queens-and-princesses-scotland-548776 |website=scotsman.com |access-date=May 4, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Robert of Arbrissel]] (d. [[1116]]), Bretonic preacher and founder of [[Fontevraud Abbey]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Müller |first1=Annalena |title=From the Cloister to the State: Fontevraud and the Making of Bourbon France, 1642-1100 |date=2021 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781000436297 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zk85EAAAQBAJ |page=39|access-date=March 6, 2023}}</ref>
** [[Stephen, Count of Blois]] (d. [[1102]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Westfahl |first1=Gary |title=A Day in a Working Life: 300 Trades and Professions through History [3 volumes]: 300 Trades and Professions through History |date=2015 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781610694032 |page=597 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kaL0BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA597|language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Suzaku]] of Japan (b. [[1009]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Gosuzaku, Emperor of Japan, 1009-1045 |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008005287.html |website=id.loc.gov |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>
* [[May 27]] &ndash; [[Bruno of Würzburg]], imperial chancellor of Italy (b. c. [[1005]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruno Saint, Bishop of Würzburg approximately 1005-1045 |url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85207470/ |website=Worldcat |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Hemma of Gurk]], Austrian religious founder and countess (b. [[980]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Hemma of Gurk, Saint approximately 980-approximately 1045 |url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81061592/ |website=Worldcat |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Radbot, Count of Habsburg]] (b. [[985]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leeson |first1=R. |title=Hayek: A Collaborative Biography: Part II, Austria, America and the Rise of Hitler, 1899-1933 |date=2014 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781137325099 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MNaHDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|language=en}}</ref>
* Approximate date &ndash; [[Maria Skleraina]], Byzantine Imperial political adviser

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