1046

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1010s  1020s  1030s  – 1040s –  1050s  1060s  1070s
Years:	1043 1044 1045 – 1046 – 1047 1048 1049

Events

• First contact between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuks.
• Vatha Pagan Revolt in Hungary – Gerard Sagredo martyred in Budapest.
• Pope Gregory VI accused of simony at Council of Sutri – abdicates
• Henry III crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement II.
• March 5, Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he would later describe in his book Safarnameh.