1046

1046 (MXLVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1046th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 46th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 11th century, and the 7th year of the 1040s decade. As of the start of 1046, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1010s  1020s  1030s  – 1040s –  1050s  1060s  1070s
Years:	1043 1044 1045 – 1046 – 1047 1048 1049

1046 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1046 MXLVI
Ab urbe condita	1799
Armenian calendar	495 ԹՎ ՆՂԵ
Assyrian calendar	5796
Balinese saka calendar	967–968
Bengali calendar	453
Berber calendar	1996
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	1590
Burmese calendar	408
Byzantine calendar	6554–6555
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3742 or 3682     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3743 or 3683
Coptic calendar	762–763
Discordian calendar	2212
Ethiopian calendar	1038–1039
Hebrew calendar	4806–4807
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1102–1103
- Shaka Samvat	967–968
- Kali Yuga	4146–4147
Holocene calendar	11046
Igbo calendar	46–47
Iranian calendar	424–425
Islamic calendar	437–438
Japanese calendar	Kantoku 3 / Eishō 1 (永承元年)
Javanese calendar	949–950
Julian calendar	1046 MXLVI
Korean calendar	3379
Minguo calendar	866 before ROC 民前866年
Nanakshahi calendar	−422
Seleucid era	1357/1358 AG
Thai solar calendar	1588–1589
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1172 or 791 or 19     — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1173 or 792 or 20

Pope Clement II (r. 1046–1047)

Events

• First contact between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuks.
• Vatha Pagan Revolt in Hungary – Gerard Sagredo martyred in Budapest.
• Pope Gregory VI accused of simony at Council of Sutri – abdicates
• Henry III crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement II.
• March 5, Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he would later describe in his book Safarnameh.

Births

• Margaret Atheling, Queen of Scotland; Wife of King Malcolm III of Scotland and second daughter of Edward the Exile (died 1093)
• probable date
  • Pope Paschal II (died 1118)