History
1042
General
Population: 274 Million*
- Deaths: Hardicanute of England through drink
Europe
- Denmark: ? Magnus the Good son of Olaf II becomes king of Denmark to 1047
- England: Saxon king Edward the Confessor begins to rule as king of England as Dane Hardicanute dies
Power in the hands of Earl Godwin and sons to 1066
Middle East
- Byzantine Empire: Constantine IX Monomachus becomes Byzantine emperor
Famine ravages Byzantine Empire
- Syria: Quake kills 50000
- Turkey: Rise of Seljuk Turks