1043

[edit] Events

• Rus'-Byzantine War (1043).
• Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England at Winchester Cathedral.
• Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor marries Agnes de Poitou.
• The revolt of George Maniaces against Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX ends when Maniaces is killed in battle near Thessalonica.
• The Ziyarid dynasty of Persia is crushed by the Seljuks.
• In Song Dynasty China, the statesmen Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan put forth the Qingli Reforms, which are halted by 1045.
• The Norman brothers, William Iron Arm and Drogo de Hauteville, assume power in Apulia.

[edit] Births

• Fulk IV of Anjou
• Abu Muhammad Baghawi, Persian traditionalist

[edit] Deaths

• George Maniaces, Byzantine general
• Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (b.989

[edit] Heads of State

• England — Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042–1066)
• France — Henry I (reigned 1031–1060)
• Holy See — Benedict IX (Pope 1032–1044, 1045–1046 and 1047–1048)
• Russia — Yaroslav the Wise (reigned 1018–1054)