1045

Year 1045 (MXLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

1045 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1045 MXLV
Ab urbe condita	1798
Armenian calendar	494 ԹՎ ՆՂԴ
Assyrian calendar	5795
Balinese saka calendar	966–967
Bengali calendar	451–452
Berber calendar	1995
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1589
Burmese calendar	407
Byzantine calendar	6553–6554
Chinese calendar	甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 3742 or 3535     — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3743 or 3536
Coptic calendar	761–762
Discordian calendar	2211
Ethiopian calendar	1037–1038
Hebrew calendar	4805–4806
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1101–1102
- Shaka Samvat	966–967
- Kali Yuga	4145–4146
Holocene calendar	11045
Igbo calendar	45–46
Iranian calendar	423–424
Islamic calendar	436–437
Japanese calendar	Kantoku 2 (寛徳２年)
Javanese calendar	948–949
Julian calendar	1045 MXLV
Korean calendar	3378
Minguo calendar	867 before ROC 民前867年
Nanakshahi calendar	−423
Seleucid era	1356/1357 AG
Thai solar calendar	1587–1588
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Wood-Monkey) 1171 or 790 or 18     — to — ཤིང་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Wood-Bird) 1172 or 791 or 19

Events

• January 20 – Pope Sylvester III becomes the 146th pope, succeeding Benedict IX, who abdicated during the previous year.^[1]
• January 23 – Edward the Confessor, King of England, marries Edith of Wessex (daughter of Earl Godwin) and she is crowned queen consort at Winchester.^[2] This year also in England, Edward begins construction of Westminster Abbey.^[3]
• February – Pope Sylvester III is deposed (election deemed invalid); Pope Benedict IX is elected once more, becoming the 147th pope.^[1]
• February 5 – Emperor Go-Reizei ascends the throne of Japan.^[4]
• May 5 – Pope Gregory VI becomes the 148th pope, following the resignation of Pope Benedict IX in exchange for money. There are growing allegations that simony is taking place during Gregory VI's reign.^[5]
• Movable type printing is invented by Bi Sheng in China.^[6]
• The Qingli Reforms, put forth by the Chinese statesman Fan Zhongyan in 1043,^[7] are halted by their conservative ministerial peers, but will later influence reform efforts under Wang Anshi.^[8]
• The Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia is surrendered to the Eastern Roman Empire, ending the Kingdom.

Births

• Huang Tingjian, famous Chinese calligrapher, painter and poet (d. 1105)^[9]
• Approximate date
  • Margaret, queen consort of Scotland (d. 1093)^[10]
  • Robert of Arbrissel (d. 1116), Bretonic preacher and founder of Fontevraud Abbey^[11]
  • Stephen, Count of Blois (d. 1102)^[12]

Deaths

• February 7 – Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)^[13]
• May 27 – Bruno of Würzburg, imperial chancellor of Italy (b. c. 1005)^[14]
• June 27 – Hemma of Gurk, Austrian religious founder and countess (b. 980)^[15]
• Radbot, Count of Habsburg (b. 985)^[16]
• Approximate date – Maria Skleraina, Byzantine Imperial political adviser