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January 2025 1045 1045 Year 1045 (MXLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January 20 – Pope Sylvester III becomes the 146th pope, succeeding Benedict IX, who abdicated during the previous year.Sylvester III – pope or antipope https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvester-III Encyclopædia Britannica May 30, 2018 en January 23 – Edward the Confessor, King of England, marries Edith of Wessex (daughter of Earl Godwin) and she is crowned queen consort at Winchester.Edward the Confessor https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/edward_confessor.shtml BBC – History May 30, 2018 This year also in England, Edward begins construction of Westminster Abbey.Westminster Abbey http://www.westendatwar.org.uk/page_id__186_path__0p28p.aspx westendatwar.org.uk May 30, 2018 July 28, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180728221325/http://www.westendatwar.org.uk/page_id__186_path__0p28p.aspx dead February – Pope Sylvester III is deposed (election deemed invalid); Pope Benedict IX is elected once more, becoming the 147th pope. February 5 – Emperor Go-Reizei ascends the throne of Japan.Adolphson Mikael S. The Gates of Power: Monks, Courtiers, and Warriors in Premodern Japan 2000 University of Hawaii Press 9780824823344 77 https://books.google.com/books?id=kjT8_78YAwAC&pg=PA77 en May 5 – 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.Gregory VI – pope https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gregory-VI-pope Encyclopædia Britannica May 30, 2018 en Movable type printing is invented by Bi Sheng in China.No. 894: Inventing Printing https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi894.htm uh.edu May 30, 2018 The Qingli Reforms, put forth by the Chinese statesman Fan Zhongyan in 1043,Ebrey Patricia Buckley Smith Paul Jakov State Power in China, 900-1325 2016 University of Washington Press 9780295998480 192 https://books.google.com/books?id=9SpADAAAQBAJ&pg=PA192 en are halted by their conservative ministerial peers, but will later influence reform efforts under Wang Anshi.Ebrey Patricia Buckley Smith Paul Jakov State Power in China, 900-1325 2016 University of Washington Press 9780295998480 172 https://books.google.com/books?id=9SpADAAAQBAJ&pg=PA172 en The Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia is surrendered to the Byzantine Empire, ending the Kingdom. Harald Hardrada returns to Scandinavia through Sigtuna in Sweden, after escaping from the Byzantine Empire with a fortune.Tjønn, Halvor (2010). Harald Hardråde. Sagakongene (in Norwegian). Saga Bok/Spartacus. ISBN 978-82-430-0558-7, pp. 83. Births Huang Tingjian, famous Chinese calligrapher, painter and poet (d. 1105)Fu Shen Oxford Art Online Huang Tingjian https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/display/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000039229 Oxford University Press May 30, 2018 en 10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t039229 2003 9781884446054 Approximate date Margaret, queen consort of Scotland (d. 1093)5 forgotten queens and princesses of Scotland https://www.scotsman.com/regions/5-forgotten-queens-and-princesses-scotland-548776 scotsman.com April 2019 May 4, 2022 en Robert of Arbrissel (d. 1116), Bretonic preacher and founder of Fontevraud AbbeyMüller Annalena From the Cloister to the State: Fontevraud and the Making of Bourbon France, 1642-1100 2021 Routledge 9781000436297 https://books.google.com/books?id=zk85EAAAQBAJ 39 March 6, 2023 Stephen, Count of Blois (d. 1102)Westfahl Gary A Day in a Working Life: 300 Trades and Professions through History [3 volumes]: 300 Trades and Professions through History 2015 ABC-CLIO 9781610694032 597 https://books.google.com/books?id=kaL0BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA597 en Deaths February 7 – Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)Gosuzaku, Emperor of Japan, 1009-1045 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008005287.html id.loc.gov May 30, 2018 May 27 – Bruno of Würzburg, imperial chancellor of Italy (b. c. 1005)Bruno Saint, Bishop of Würzburg approximately 1005-1045 http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85207470/ Worldcat May 30, 2018 June 27 – Hemma of Gurk, Austrian religious founder and countess (b. 980)Hemma of Gurk, Saint approximately 980-approximately 1045 http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81061592/ Worldcat May 30, 2018 Radbot, Count of Habsburg (b. 985)Leeson R. Hayek: A Collaborative Biography: Part II, Austria, America and the Rise of Hitler, 1899-1933 2014 Springer 9781137325099 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=MNaHDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 en Approximate date – Maria Skleraina, Byzantine Imperial political adviser References