1042

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1010s  1020s  1030s  – 1040s –  1050s  1060s  1070s
Years:	1039 1040 1041 – 1042 – 1043 1044 1045

Constantine IX (left).

Events

• Edward the Confessor becomes King of England.

Births

• Pope Urban II (died 1099)

Deaths

• Michael V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1015)