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{{Year nav|1045}} {{Year in various calendars|1045}} {{Year article header|1045}} == Events == * [[Emperor Go-Reizei]] ascends the throne of [[Japan]]. * [[Harold Godwinson]] becomes Earl of [[Wessex]]. * [[Edward the Confessor]] marries [[Edith of Wessex]]. * [[Edward the Confessor]] begins construction on [[Westminster Abbey]]. * [[Pope Benedict IX]] sells the [[Pope|Papacy]] to [[Pope Gregory VI]]. * Movable type [[printing]] is invented by Bi Sheng in [[China]]. == Births == * [[Stephen I, Count of Blois]] (died [[1102]]) == Deaths == * June – [[Rainulf Drengot]], Norman adventurer. [[Category:1045| ]]