1100s

Events and Trends

 * becomes King of England.
 * Henry I proclaims the Charter of Liberties, one of the first examples of a constitution.
 * becomes King of Jerusalem.
 * The cities of Kalmar, Kungälv, and Varberg, Sweden are chartered.
 * In Iceland, Althing decides that the laws should be transferred to a written form
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 * Coronation of Coloman of Hungary in the town of Biograd, adding the Croatian duchies of Slavonia and Dalmatia to the crown of Hungary (Personal union with Hungary).
 * Crusaders capture Caesarea Maritima.
 * Crusaders defeat an Egyptian invasion of the Kingdom of Jerusalem near Ascalon.
 * Crusaders defeat an Egyptian invasion of the Kingdom of Jerusalem near Ascalon.


 * April 27 — Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, goes into exile after falling out with Henry I of England
 * Amadeus III becomes Count of Savoy
 * Bohemund I of Antioch is released from imprisonment among the Turks
 * The Scandinavian city of Lund becomes a see within the
 * Sigurd Jorsalfare, Øystein Magnusson and Olav Magnusson become joint kings of Norway.
 * Sigurd Jorsalfare, Øystein Magnusson and Olav Magnusson become joint kings of Norway.


 * September 3 — St. Cuthbert reburied in the Durham Cathedral
 * The Arsenal, is founded in Venice.
 * becomes King of Aragon and Navarre.
 * Historian Guibert of Nogent becomes abbot of Notre Dame de Nogent.
 * Baldwin I of Jerusalem captures Acre.
 * Baldwin II, count of Edessa, is taken prisoner by the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Harran; Tancred becomes regent.
 * Kilij Arslan I, Sultan of Rüm, starts a war with the Danishmends.
 * The volcano Hekla erupts in, destroying settlements
 * The volcano Hekla erupts in, destroying settlements


 * Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor deposed by his son, Henry V
 * Tamna kingdom annexed by Korean Goryeo Dynasty.
 * Tamna kingdom annexed by Korean Goryeo Dynasty.


 * Great Comet of 1106 first sighted.[1]
 * September 28 — Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, at the Battle of Tinchebrai, and imprisons him in Devizes castle; Edgar Atheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner.
 * Balaguer, Spain, is captured from the Moors by the count of Urgell.
 * Boleslaus III of Poland begins a war against his brother Zbigniew for control of Poland.
 * Boleslaus III of Poland begins a war against his brother Zbigniew for control of Poland.


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 * The great centre of learning at  is destroyed by invaders.
 * The great centre of learning at  is destroyed by invaders.


 * May —
 * Consecration of Chichester cathedral.
 * Saint Magnus becomes the first earl of Orkney.
 * In Pistoia, Italy, Cathedral of San Zeno burned to the ground.
 * Alexius I Comnenus and Bohemund I of Antioch negotiate the Treaty of Devol.
 * Alexius I Comnenus and Bohemund I of Antioch negotiate the Treaty of Devol.


 * Fulk of Jerusalem becomes count of
 * Alfonso I of Aragon marries Urraca of
 * Crusaders capture
 * Anselm of Laon becomes chancellor of Laon
 * Principality of Nitra ceases to exist after Hungarian King Coloman deposed its last ruler
 * Alfonso I of Aragon marries Urraca of
 * Crusaders capture
 * Anselm of Laon becomes chancellor of Laon
 * Principality of Nitra ceases to exist after Hungarian King Coloman deposed its last ruler