Editing 1046

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[[File:Pope Clement II.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Pope Clement II]] (r. 1046–1047)]]
Year '''1046''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MXLVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* Autumn &ndash; King [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry III]] ("the Black") travels to [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] to secure the imposition of [[Guido da Velate]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan|Milan]], and other similarly loyal candidates in other sees (like [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia|Ravenna]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Verona|Verona]] and [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola|Modena]]). 
* [[Vata pagan uprising]] in the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]: [[Peter, King of Hungary]] ("the Venetian"), is overthrown after a 2-year reign and perhaps executed. Bishops [[Gerard of Csanád]] and [[Bystrík]] (or Bestricus) are stoned to death in [[Budapest]].

==== Britain ====
* [[Ealdred (archbishop of York)|Ealdred]], bishop of [[Anglican Diocese of Worcester|Worcester]], leads troops from [[Kingdom of England|England]] on an unsuccessful punitive raid against the Welsh leaders [[Gruffydd ap Rhydderch]], [[Rhys ap Rhydderch]] and [[Gruffydd ap Llywelyn]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Huscroft|first=Richard|title=Ruling England 1042–1217|publisher=Pearson Longman|location=London|year=2005|isbn=0-582-84882-2|page=49}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Maund|first=Kari L.|title=The Welsh Kings: Warriors, Warlords and Princes|publisher=Tempus|location=Stroud|year=2006|isbn=0-7524-2973-6|pages=89–90}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[Bao Zheng]] (Lord Bao), a Chinese government officer during the reign of [[Emperor Renzong of Song]], writes a [[memorial to the throne]]. He warns about governmental corruption – and a foreseeable [[bankruptcy]] of the Chinese [[iron industry]] – if increasingly poorer families continued to be listed on the register for iron-smelting households (while rich households avoid being listed for fear of financial calamity). Apparently the government heeds the warning, and produces more [[iron]] products by the year [[1078]] than [[China]] ever had before.
* [[Munjong of Goryeo|Munjong]] is crowned the 11th king of [[Goryeo]] ([[Korea]]).

=== By topic ===
==== Exploration ====
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Nasir Khusraw]] begins his 7-year [[Middle East]]ern (19,000-kilometre) journey, which he later describes in the book ''[[Safarnama|Safarnāmé]]''.

==== Religion ====
* Summer &ndash; Ex-[[Pope Benedict IX]] gives up a renewed attempt to reclaim the papal throne in [[Rome]]; [[Pope Sylvester III|Sylvester III]] reasserts his claim. 
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory VI]] is accused of [[simony]] at the [[Council of Sutri]], and abdicates as pope of the [[Catholic Church]].
* [[December 25]] &ndash; [[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.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[May 8]] &ndash; [[Constance of Burgundy]], queen consort of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] and [[Kingdom of León|León]] (d. [[1093]])
* [[Afridun I]] ("the Martyr"), ruler (''[[shah]]'') of [[Shirvan]] (d. [[1120]]) 
* [[Bernard of Thiron]], founder of the [[Tironensian Order]] (d. [[1117]])
* [[Ingegerd of Norway|Ingegerd]], queen of [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]] (approximate date)
* [[Leo of Ostia]] ("Marsicanus"), Italian [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] (d. [[1115]])
* [[Masud Sa'd Salman]], Persian [[Persian literature|poet]] and writer (d. [[1121]])
* [[Matilda of Tuscany|Matilda]], margravine of [[Tuscany]] (d. [[1115]]) (approximate date)<ref>{{cite web |title=Matilda of Canossa {{!}} countess of Tuscany |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matilda-of-Canossa |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=March 18, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen]] (or Ekkehard), German [[Nobility|nobleman]] (b. [[985]])
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Sanesuke]], Japanese nobleman (b. [[957]])
* March &ndash; [[Lyfing of Winchester]], English [[abbot]] and bishop
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Jeongjong, 10th Monarch of Goryeo|Jeongjong II]], king of [[Goryeo]] (b. [[1018]])
* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Elijah of Nisibis|Elijah]], bishop of [[Adiabene (East Syriac Ecclesiastical Province)#The diocese of Beth Nuhadra|Beth Nuhadra]] (b. [[975]])
* [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Gerard of Csanád]], Hungarian missionary bishop, killed
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Bystrík]] (or Bestricus), Hungarian bishop, killed
* [[Art Uallach Ua Ruairc]], Irish king of [[Connacht]]
* [[Eido II]] (or Egidius), bishop of [[Meissen]] (or [[1045]])
* [[Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais|Geoffrey II]], count of [[Gâtinais]] (approximate date)
* [[Gothelo II of Lower Lorraine|Gothelo II]], duke of [[Lower Lorraine]] (b. [[1008]])
* [[Abbot Oliba|Oliba]], Spanish count, abbot and bishop
* [[Richard of Verdun]], French abbot (b. [[970]])
* [[William Iron Arm]], Norman nobleman

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