History
1047
General
Population: 277 Million*
- Religion: End of third pope of schism – Pope Clement II the Saxon – Pope Benedict IX reigns
- Deaths: Magnus king of Denmark, Pope Clement II
Europe
- General: Snow and frost start famine in Scotland and Ireland
- Denmark: Death of Magnus
Swyen Estrithson (Sweyn II) becomes king of Denmark (Canute's nephew)
- France: William of Normandy defeats rebellious nobles at Valdes-Dunes
- Holy Roman Empire: Henry III reestablishes the duchies of Carinthia, Bavaria and Swabia in German states
- Hungary: Andrew I becomes King of Hungary
- Italian States: Normans conquer southern Italy and Sicily
- Norway: Harald Hardrada becomes king of Norway