1046

Events

Autumn - King Henry III, [Holy Roman Emperor|Henry III] travels to Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy] to secure the imposition of Guido da Velate, archbishop of Milan, and other similarly loyal candidates in other sees.
Vata pagan uprising in the Kingdom of Hungary: Peter, [King of Hungary], is overthrown after a 2-year reign and perhaps executed. Bishops Gerard of Csanád and Bystrík are stoned to death in Budapest.

Bao Zheng, 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. Apparently the government heeds the warning, and produces more iron products by the year 1078 than China ever had before.
Munjong is crowned the 11th king of Goryeo.

March 5 - Nasir Khusraw begins his 7-year Middle Eastern journey, which he later describes in the book Safarnāmé.

Summer - Ex-Pope Benedict IX gives up a renewed attempt to reclaim the papal throne in Rome; Sylvester III reasserts his claim.
December 20 - Pope Gregory VI is accused of simony at the Council of Sutri, and abdicates as pope of the Catholic Church.
December 25 - Pope Clement II succeeds Gregory VI as the 149th pope, and crowns Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor.
Hildesheim Cathedral is largely destroyed by fire.