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Giovanni di Sabina is elected Pope Sylvester III

Giovanni di Sabina is elected Pope Sylvester III

Giovanni di Sabina is elected Pope Sylvester III

Events Before

  1. Baldwin V becomes Count of Flanders

    Baldwin V becomes Count of Flanders

  2. Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor

    Conrad II (German: Konrad II, c. 990 – 4 June 1039), also known as Conrad the Elder and Conrad the Salic, was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039.

  3. King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency

    King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency

  4. Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, Byzantium Emperor dies of results of dropsy. His wife Empress Zoe elevates her adoptive son t

    Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, Byzantium Emperor dies of results of dropsy. His wife Empress Zoe elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.

  5. The Battle of Ménfő takes place in Hungary, won by a German force led by Peter Orseolo over Hungarians

    The Battle of Ménfő takes place in Hungary, won by a German force led by Peter Orseolo over Hungarians

Events After

  1. Persian scholar Naser Khosrow begins a seven-year Middle Eastern journey, which he later describes in his book "Safarnam

    Persian scholar Naser Khosrow begins a seven-year Middle Eastern journey, which he later describes in his book "Safarnama"

  2. King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese

    King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese

  3. Pope Gregory VI abdicates at the Council of Sutri, ending a conflict between himself, Benedict IX and Sylvester III; Cle

    Pope Gregory VI abdicates at the Council of Sutri, ending a conflict between himself, Benedict IX and Sylvester III; Clement II becomes the new Pope

  4. Pope Clement II, [Suitger] elected

    Pope Clement II, [Suitger] elected

  5. Pope Clement II crowns Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor

    Henry III (German: Heinrich III, 28 October 1016 – 5 October 1056), called the Black (German: Heinrich der Schwarze) or the Pious, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 until his death in 1056.

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