1045

Events

• Emperor Go-Reizei ascends the throne of Japan.
• Harold Godwinson becomes Earl of Wessex.
• Edward the Confessor marries Edith.
• Edward the Confessor begins construction on Westminster Abbey.
• Pope Benedict IX sells the Papacy to Pope Gregory VI.
• Movable type printing is invented by Bi Sheng in China.

Births

• Stephen, Count of Blois (approximately) (d. 1102)

Deaths

• February 7 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)