1043

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Heads of State

Events

★ Rus'-Byzantine War (1043)

★ Edward the Confessor 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

★ End of the Ziyarids dynasty in Persia crushed by the seljuks.

Births

★ Fulk IV of Anjou

★ Abu Muhammad Baghawi, Persian traditionist.

Deaths

★ George Maniaces, Byzantine general

★ Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (b.989)

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)