1034 - Definition and Overview

Events

• April 11 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium marries her chamberlain and elevates him to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael IV.
• Franche-Comté becomes subject to the Holy Roman Empire.

Births

• Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan

Deaths

• April 11 - Romanus III, Eastern Roman Emperor, found dead in his bathroom; murder suspected
• November 25 - king Malcolm II of Scotland (killed)
• Mieszko II of Poland