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Year1117(MCXVII) was acommon year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- KingStephen II of HungaryregainsDalmatiafromVenicewhile the Venetians are on a naval expedition. DogeOrdelafo Falierodies in battle (nearZadar) against the Hungarians. Faliero is succeeded byDomenico Michiel,who reconquers more territory and agrees to a 5-year truce with Hungary.
- Ramon Berenguer III(the Great), count ofBarcelona,inheritsCerdanya(located between thePyreneesand theEbro River) which becomes part of thePrincipality of Catalonia.
- Vladislaus I,duke ofBohemia,abdicates in favor of his brotherBořivoj II,but retains much of the actual power.
- TheAlmoravidsbriefly reconquerCoimbra(modernPortugal).[1]
- January 3–1117 Verona earthquake.The earthquake is rated at VII (Very strong) on theMercalli intensity scale,and strikesnorthern ItalyandGermany.[2]Theepicentreof the first shock is nearVerona,the city which suffers the most damage. The outer wall of theamphitheatreis partially felled, and the standing portion is damaged in a later earthquake of 1183. Many other churches, monasteries, and ancient monuments are destroyed or seriously damaged, eliminating much of Verona'searly medieval architectureand providing space for a massiveRomanesquerebuilding.[3]
Seljuk Empire
[edit]- Battle of Ghazni:Seljuk forces underAhmad Sanjar(supporting the claim ofBahram-Shah) invadeAfghanistanand defeat the ruling SultanArslan-Shah.Bahram succeeds his brother as ruler of theGhaznavid Empire.[4]
Africa
[edit]- Conflict between thede factoindependent Muslim republics ofGabèsandMahdia(modernTunisia) inIfriqiya.[5]Madhia is supported by theZirid Dynastywhile Gabes receives the aid ofRoger II,count ofSicily.
Levant
[edit]- The Crusaders led by KingBaldwin I of JerusalemraidPelusiuminEgyptand burn the city to the ground. Baldwin marches back toPalestineand strengthens the fortifications of the southern frontier.
Asia
[edit]- King Mahaabarana Adeettiya (Koimala) from theTheemuge Dynastybecomes the first king to rule over the wholeMaldives.He reclaims the northern atolls from theIndianinvaders.
- Thesōheior warrior monks ofMii-deraandEnryaku-jiunite their forces to attackNarainJapan.
By topic
[edit]Education
[edit]- Merton Priory(nearLondon) is consecrated atHuntingdon.The priory becomes an important centre of learning anddiplomacyinEngland.[6]
Technology
[edit]- The magneticcompassis first used for maritime navigation purposes during theSong DynastyinChina.[7]
Births
[edit]- September 7–Nicolò Politi,Italianhermit(d.1167)
- Fujiwara no Nariko,Japanese empress (d.1160)
- Gerard la Pucelle,bishop ofCoventry(d.1184)
- Henry I,count ofGueldersandZutphen(d.1182)
- Humphrey II of Toron,constable ofJerusalem(d.1179)
- Maurice of Carnoet,FrenchCistercianabbot (d.1191)
- Otto I(the Redhead), duke ofBavaria(d.1183)
- Robert FitzRanulph,Englishhigh sheriff(d.1172)
- Simon III de Montfort,Frenchnobleman(d.1181)
Deaths
[edit]- February 14–Bertrade de Montfort,French queen (b.1070)
- April 11–Tescelin le Roux,Burgundian nobleman (b. 1070)
- April 14–Bernard of Thiron,founder of theOrder of Tiron(b.1046)
- April 16–Magnus Erlendsson,Norse earl ofOrkney(b.1080)
- September 1–Robert de Limesey,bishop ofCoventry
- December 9–Gertrud of Brunswick,margravine ofMeissen
- Abu'l-Fath Yusuf,Persian vizier ofArslan-Shah of Ghazna
- Abu Nasr Farsi,Persian statesman and poet (or1116)
- Anselm of Laon(orAnsel), French theologian and writer
- Danxia Zichun,ChineseZenBuddhistmonk (b.1064)
- Faritius(orFaricius), Italianabbotand physician
- Gertrude of Flanders,duchess ofLorraine(b. 1070)
- Gilbert Crispin,Norman abbot and theologian (b.1055)
- Gilbert Fitz Richard,English nobleman (b.1066)
- Lu'lu' al-Yaya,Seljuk ruler andregentofAleppo
- Ordelafo Faliero(orDodoni), doge ofVenice
References
[edit]- ^Meynier, Gilbert (2010).L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique: De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518).Paris: La Découverte. p. 84.
- ^Banca Ipermediale delle Vetrate Italiane,Archived19 July 2011 at theWayback MachineConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- ^G. Solinas (1981),Storia di Verona(Verona: Centro Rinascita), 244. The late eight- or early ninth-centuryVersus de Veronacontains a now indispensable description of Verona's early medieval architecture, including Roman ruins.
- ^Jaques, Tony (2007).Dictionary of Battles and Sieges,p. 391. Greenwood Publishing Group.ISBN978-0-313-33538-9.
- ^Bresc, Henri (2003)."La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age"(PDF).Archived(PDF)from the original on October 9, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 17,2012.
{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^Houses of Austin canons: Priory of St. Mary of MertonA History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2, ed. H. E. Malden (London, 1967). Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^Colin A. Ronan (1986).The Shorter Science & Civilisation in China: Volume 3,pp. 28–29. Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-0-521-31560-9.