1043

Events 
 October 31 – Venus occults Jupiter
 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 destroyed by the Seljuks.
 In Song Dynasty China, the politicians Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan start the Qingli Reforms, which are halted by 1045.
 The Norman brothers, William Iron Arm and Drogo de Hauteville, take power in Apulia.
 The first king of the Kingdom of Nri, Eze Nri Ìfikuánim is created in West Africa.

 Births 
 Fulk IV, Count of Anjou (died 1109)
 Abu Muhammad Baghawi, Persian traditionalist
 El Cíd Campeador of Castile (died 1099)

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

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