1107
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| 1107 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1107 MCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1860 |
| Armenian calendar | 556 ԹՎ ՇԾԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5857 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1028–1029 |
| Bengali calendar | 514 |
| Berber calendar | 2057 |
| English Regnal year | 7Hen. 1– 8Hen. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1651 |
| Burmese calendar | 469 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6615–6616 |
| Chinese calendar | Bính tuấtNiên (FireDog) 3804 or 3597 — to — Đinh hợi niên (FirePig) 3805 or 3598 |
| Coptic calendar | 823–824 |
| Discordian calendar | 2273 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1099–1100 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4867–4868 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 1163–1164 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 1028–1029 |
| -Kali Yuga | 4207–4208 |
| Holocene calendar | 11107 |
| Igbo calendar | 107–108 |
| Iranian calendar | 485–486 |
| Islamic calendar | 500–501 |
| Japanese calendar | Kajō2 ( gia thừa ２ niên ) |
| Javanese calendar | 1012–1013 |
| Julian calendar | 1107 MCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3440 |
| Minguo calendar | 805 beforeROC Dân tiền 805 niên |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −361 |
| Seleucid era | 1418/1419AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1649–1650 |
| Tibetan calendar | Dương hỏa cẩu niên (male Fire-Dog) 1233 or 852 or 80 — to — Âm hỏa trư niên (female Fire-Pig) 1234 or 853 or 81 |
Year1107(MCVII) was acommon year starting on Tuesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Scotland
[edit]- January 8– KingEdgardies atEdinburgh Castleafter a 9-year reign. He is succeeded by his brotherAlexander I,who is married toSybilla of Normandy(an illegitimate daughter of KingHenry I). A split of unity, between Alexander and his younger brotherDavid I,makes David co-ruler inLothianandStrathclyde(SouthernScotland). He does not receive the title of king, but of "Prince of theCumbrians".
England
[edit]- August 11– TheInvestiture Controversyis resolved, by the reconciliation of Henry I andAnselm,archbishop ofCanterbury[1][2][3]and the mass consecration of bishops[4]by Anselm at the royalPalace of Westminster:William GiffardtoWinchester,RogertoSalisbury,ReynelmtoHereford,William WarelwasttoExeterandUrbantoLlandaff.[2]Roger of Salisburyis also appointedJusticiarin this year.[5]
Europe
[edit]- Spring – DukeBolesław IIIalong with his ally KingColomanofHungary,invadesBohemiain order to aid DukeSvatoplukin gaining the Bohemian throne. The Polish expedition is a complete success: onMay 14Svatopluk is installed asDuke of BohemiainPrague.KingHenry Vdemandstributefrom Svatopluk as his overlord andvassalof theHoly Roman Empire.
- Autumn – KingSigurd Isails for theHoly Landwith 60 ships (with some 5,000 men) on the first stage of theNorwegian CrusadetoPalestine.Now 17, he is the first European king to support the Crusaders in theLevant.Sigurd leaves his older brotherEystein Ito rule the kingdom in his absence – and visitsEngland,France,GaliciaandSicilyen route.
- October 9–Bohemond I,prince ofAntioch,lands with his army (some 34,000 men) inEpirusnearAvlona.He plunders the countryside and marches toDyrrhachium(modernAlbania).
- November –Siege of Dyrrhachium:Bohemond I begins the siege of theAdriaticport city of Dyrrhachium held by itsdouxAlexios Komnenos.
- Winter – Bolesław III undertakes a punitive expedition against his half-brotherZbigniewwith the help ofKievanand Hungarian allies.
- Saracenpirates raid theBenedictinemonastery of Saint Honorat,on theLérins Islands.[6]
Levant
[edit]- June –Kilij Arslan I,sultan ofSultanate of Rum,conquersMosul(during theBattle of Mosul). But he is defeated and killed by Seljuk forces underMuhammad I Taparsupported by theOrtoqidsandFakhr al-Mulk Radwan.[7]
- The Crusaders underTancred,prince ofGalilee,recover the Cilician cities ofTarsus,AdanaandMamistraconquered by EmperorAlexios I3-years ago (see1104).
- Joscelin I,lord ofTurbessel,is released byIlghazi(theArtukidruler ofMardin) for a ransom of 20,000 dinars and the promise of military aid.[8]
- EmirFadl ibn Rabi'ahis expelled byToghtekin,ruler (atabeg) ofDamascusinSyria(approximate date).
Asia
[edit]- August 9– EmperorHorikawadies after a 20-year reign and is succeeded by his 4-year-old sonTobaas emperor ofJapan.
By topic
[edit]Commerce
[edit]- Chinese authorities print paper money in three colors to thwartcounterfeiting(approximate date).
Literature
[edit]- EmperorHui Zongwrites hisTreatise on Tea,the most detailed description of theSongsophisticated style oftea ceremony.
Births
[edit]- June 12–Gao Zong,Chinese emperor (d.1187)
- Anthelm of Belley,Frenchpriorand bishop (d.1178)
- Enrico Dandolo,doge ofVenice(d.1205)
- Falaki Shirvani,Persian poet and writer (d.1157)
- Kenkai,JapaneseShingon Buddhistmonk (d.1155)
- Stephen Kontostephanos,Byzantine general (d.1149)
- William III,count ofNeversandAuxerre(d.1161)
Deaths
[edit]- January 8–Edgar,king ofScotland
- April 12–Burchard,bishop ofBasel
- May 24–Raymond of Burgundy,count ofGalicia
- August 9–Horikawa,emperor ofJapan(b.1079)
- September 26–Maurice,bishop ofLondon
- Changlu Zongze,ChineseChanBuddhistmonk
- Cheng Yi,Chineseneo-confusianphilosopher (b.1033)
- Kilij Arslan I,sultan of theSultanate of Rum(b. 1079)
- Mi Fu,Chinese painter, poet andcalligrapher(b.1051)
- Richard de Redvers,Norman warrior andnobleman
- Robert Fitzhamon,Norman warrior and nobleman
- Roger Bigod,Norman knight and nobleman
References
[edit]- ^Williams, Hywel (2005).Cassell's Chronology of World History.London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp.116–117.ISBN0-304-35730-8.
- ^abBarlow, Frank(1979).The English Church 1066–1154: A History of the Anglo-Norman Church.New York: Longman. pp. 78–79.ISBN0-582-50236-5.
- ^Hollister, C. Warren; Frost, Amanda Clark, eds. (2001).Henry I.New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. pp. 209–210.ISBN0-300-08858-2.
- ^Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996).Handbook of British Chronology(3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 246.ISBN0-521-56350-X.
- ^Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).The Chronology of British History.London: Century Ltd. pp. 58–60.ISBN0-7126-5616-2.
- ^Unité mixte de recherche 5648--Histoire et archéologie des mondes chrétiens et musulmans médiévaux.Pays d'Islam et monde latin, Xe-XIIIe siècle: textes et documents.Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^Steven Runciman (1952).A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem (1100–1187),p. 110. (Cambridge University Press).
- ^Steven Runciman (1952).A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem.,p. 90.ISBN978-0-241-29876-3.