1045

Events 
 Emperor Go-Reizei ascends the throne of Japan.
 Harold Godwinson becomes Earl of Wessex.
 Edward the Confessor marries Edith of Wessex.
 Edward the Confessor begins construction on Westminster Abbey.
 Pope Benedict IX sells the Papacy to Pope Gregory VI.
 Movable type printing is invented by Bi Sheng in China.
 Births 
 Stephen I, Count of Blois (died 1102)

 Deaths 
 June – Rainulf Drengot, Norman adventurer.