1043

Years: 1040 1041 1042 - 1043 - 1044 1045 1046

Decades: 1010s 1020s 1030s - 1040s - 1050s 1060s 1070s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century 1043 state leaders

Events

• Edward the Confessor 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

Births

• Fulk IV of Anjou
• Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ("El Cid'), Spanish national hero

Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry to oppose taxation. Peeping Tom watches and is punished by having his eyes burned out.

Deaths

• George Maniaces, Byzantine general

Heads of State

• England - Edward the Confessor (reigned from 1042 to 1066)
• France - Henry I (reigned from 1031 to 1060)
• Holy See - Benedict IX (Pope from 1032 to 1044, from 1045 to 1046 and from 1047 to 1048)