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Pope Clement II becomes the first reform pope . | |
1046 in other calendars | |
Armenian calendar | 494/495 (turn of the year July) |
Ethiopian calendar | 1038/39 |
Buddhist calendar | 1589/90 (southern Buddhism); 1588/89 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 62nd (63rd) cycle
Year of the Fire Dog丙戌 ( at the beginning of the year Wood Rooster 乙酉) |
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 408/409 (turn of the year April) |
Iranian calendar | 424/425 (around March 21) |
Islamic calendar | 437/438 (July 7/8) |
Jewish calendar | 4806/07 (September 3-4) |
Coptic Calendar | 762/763 |
Malayalam calendar | 221/222 |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 1356/57 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1357/58 (turn of the year October) |
Spanish era | 1084 |
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1102/03 (turn of the year April) |
events
Politics and world events
Holy Roman Empire and Papacy
- December 20: The King Heinrich III. convened Synod of Sutri begins. Pope Gregory VI has the opportunity to defend himself against the allegation of simony . The synod also deliberates on reform issues .

- December 24th: King Heinrich III. sets three simultaneously reigning Popes in Rome, Gregory VI. , Benedict IX. and New Year III. , and appoints the German Suitger von Bamberg as the new Pope . This is considered to be the first reform pope .
- December 25th: As Clemens II, the new head of the church crowns King Heinrich III. to the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire .
Hungary

Andreas and his brother Levente from the Arpad family return to Hungary from their exile with the Kievan Rus . With the help of the pagan nobles, they take the only with the support of the German King Heinrich III. ruling Peter Orseolo and blind him together with his sons. Peter dies a little later from his injuries. Andrew becomes King of Hungary .
Iberian Peninsula
Ahmad I. al Muqtadir becomes ruler of Zaragoza .
City rights and first documentary mentions
- First documentary mention of Nürtingen
religion
Christianity
The Lambach monastery was founded as a secular canon monastery by Count Arnold II von Wels-Lambach .
Islam
The Islamic religious scholar Ibn Yasin begins to proclaim his Orthodox Sunni teachings among the Berbers in the western Sahara.
Born
Exact date of birth unknown
- Balderich von Bourgueil , French abbot, bishop, writer and poet († 1130)
- Walter de Lacy , scion of a Norman noble family († 1085)
- Leo Marsicanus , cardinal, librarian and historian († 1115)
Born around 1046
- Gilbertus Crispinus , English theologian († 1117)
- Mathilde , Margravine of Tuszien († 1115)
- 1046/1047: Margaret of Scotland , Queen of Scotland († 1093)
Died
Date of death secured
- January 24th: Ekkehard II. , Margrave of Meißen (* around 985)
- February 15: Druthmar , Abbot of Corvey
- March 31: Guido von Pomposa , Benedictine (* around 970)
- June 14: Jeongjong , 10th King of the Korean Goryeo Empire (* 1018)
- July 18: Elias of Nisibis , Metropolitan of the East Syrian Church of the East (* 975)
- September 24th: Gerhard , first bishop of Csanád (* around 980)
- September 27: Bystrík , bishop and martyr
- December 25th: Eberhard I , Bishop of Constance
Exact date of death unknown
- Gotzelo II. , Duke of Lower Lorraine (* 1008)
- Oliba de Besalú , Count of Berga and Bishop of Vic (* 971)
- Peter Orseolo , King of Hungary (* around 1008)
- Wilhelm Eisenarm , Norman Count of Apulia
- Yin Shu , Chinese politician, man of letters, administrative officer and Confucian scholar (* 1001)