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Year1111(MCXI) was acommon year starting on Sunday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Levant
[edit]- Battle of Shaizar:SultanMuhammad I TaparappointsMawdud ibn Altuntash,Turkic governor (atabeg) ofMosul,to lead a Seljuk expedition against the Crusaders. The composite force includes Muslim contingents fromDamascus,Diyarbakır,Ahlatand some Persian troops, headed byBursuq ibn BursuqfromHamadan.The Crusaders (16,000 men), led by KingBaldwin I of Jerusalem,are cut off from their supplies, and within two weeks (due to constant Seljuk skirmishes) forced to fall back onAfamiyain northernSyria.[1]
- Winter – Crusaders, led by Baldwin I, besiegeTyre,without a supporting fleet. While besieging the town, a Byzantine embassy arrives in the Crusader camp. The Byzantines try to persuade Baldwin to join a coalition againstTancred,Italo-Norman prince ofGalilee,but he refuses.[2]
Europe
[edit]- April 13–Henry Vis crowned asHoly Roman EmperorbyPope Paschal II.Henry returns toGermanywhere he strengthens his power by granting privileges to the German nobles of the region of theUpper Rhine.
- Almoravidforces underSyr ibn Abi BakrcaptureSantarémandSintra.The efforts of theBerbersto reconquer lost ground lead to the sack ofCoimbra.[3]The same year the city revolts against their lord inPortugal.[4]
- The commune ofLodi Vecchio(known as Laus Pompeia) is besieged and destroyed by Milanese troops in northernItaly.
- October 5– 18-year-oldBaldwin VIIsucceeds his father,Robert II,as Count ofFlandersuntil1119.
Ireland
[edit]- Domnall Gerrlámhach(Ua Briain) becomes king of theHebridesand theIsle of Man,following a request from the people of thekingdom of Munsterto send them a ruler.[5]
Asia
[edit]- TheDonglin Academy,a Chinese educational institution, is established inWuxiduring theNorthern Song dynasty.
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- TheSynod of Rathbreasailmarks the transition of theIrish church,from amonasticto adiocesanstructure.
Births
[edit]- Afonso I(the Conqueror), King ofPortugal(d.1185)
- Agnes of Babenberg,High Duchess ofPoland(d.1163)
- Andrei Bogolyubsky,Prince ofVladimir-Suzdal(d.1174)
- Henry II,Duke ofLimburg(House of Ardenne) (d.1167)
- Josceline de Bohon,bishop ofSalisbury(d.1184)
- Stephen of Armenia,Armeniannobleman(d.1165)
Deaths
[edit]- January 29–Piotr I(or Peter), bishop ofWrocław
- February 22–Roger Borsa,Italo-Norman nobleman
- March 3–Bohemond I,Italo-Norman nobleman (b.1054)
- April 12–Berthold II,German nobleman (b.1050)
- April 17–Robert of Molesme,Frenchabbot(b.1028)
- June 15–Yun Kwan,Korean general (b.1040)
- September 27–Vekenega,Croatian abbess
- October 5–Robert II,Count ofFlanders(b.1065)
- October 7–Anna Polovetskaya,Kievan princess
- October 26–Gómez González,Castilian nobleman
- November 8–Otto II,German nobleman
- December 19
- Agnes of Rheinfelden,German noblewoman
- Al-Ghazali,Persiantheologian(b.1058)
- Cadwgan ap Bleddyn,Prince ofPowys(b.1051)
- Iorwerth ap Bleddyn,Prince of Powys (b.1053)
- Ōe no Masafusa,Japanesepoetand writer (b.1041)
- Richard II,Italian consul and Duke ofGaeta
References
[edit]- ^Steven Runciman(1952).A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem,pp. 98–99.ISBN978-0-241-29876-3.
- ^Steven Runciman (1952).A History of the Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem,p. 75.ISBN978-0-241-29876-3.
- ^Picard, Christophe (2000).Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique.Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109.ISBN2-7068-1398-9.
- ^de Oliveira Marques, António Henrique (1998).Histoire du Portugal et de son empire colonial.Paris: Karthala. p. 44.ISBN2-86537-844-6.
- ^Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967).The Course of Irish History.Cork: Mercier Press. p. 116.