History
1041
General
Population: 274 Million*
- Entertainment: Magister Franco writes on music
- Technology: Chinese begin printing with moveable type
- Deaths: Byzantine emperor Michael IV, Eardwulf of Northumbria
Asia
- China: Chinese begin printing with moveable type
Europe
- General: Battle of Montemaggiore – Lombards and Normans defeat Greeks
- England: ? Siward murders Eardwulf and becomes sole ruler of Northumbria
- Poland: Casmir I becomes duke of Poland
Middle East
- Byzantine Empire: Death of Michael IV the Byzantine Emperor