What is 1043?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}} {{Year nav|1043}} {{Year in various calendars|1043}} {{Year article header|1043}} [[File:Tugrul bey.jpg|thumb|alt=Tughril Beg (990–1063) |Tughril Beg (990–1063)]] == Events == * [[October 31]] &ndash; Venus [[occultation|occults]] Jupiter * [[Rus'-Byzantine War (1043)]]. * [[Edward the Confessor]] is crowned [[List of English monarchs|King of England]] at [[Winchester Cathedral]]. * [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor]] marries [[Agnes de Poitou]]. * The revolt of [[George Maniaces]] against [[List of Byzantine Emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Constantine IX]] ends when [[George Maniaces|Maniaces]] is killed in battle near [[Thessalonica]]. * The [[Ziyarid]] dynasty of [[Iran|Persia]] is destroyed by the [[Great Seljuq Empire|Seljuks]]. * In [[Song Dynasty]] [[China]], the politicians [[Ouyang Xiu]] and [[Fan Zhongyan]] start the [[Qingli Reforms]], which are halted by [[1045]]. * The Norman brothers, William Iron Arm and Drogo de Hauteville, take power in Apulia. * The first king of the [[Kingdom of Nri]], [[Eze Nri Ìfikuánim]] is created in [[West Africa]]. == Births == * [[Fulk IV, Count of Anjou]] (died [[1109]]) * [[Abu Muhammad Baghawi]], Persian traditionalist * [[El Cid|El Cíd Campeador]] of Castile (died [[1099]]) == Deaths == * [[George Maniaces]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] general * [[Gisela of Swabia]], Holy Roman Empress (b. [[989]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1043}} [[Category:1043| ]]