By place Europe •
January 6 – A Castilian army, under Count
Gonzalo Salvadórez and his son-in-law
Ramiro Garcés, Lord of Calahorra, child of the late King
García Sánchez III of Pamplona, enters the surrendered bastion of
Rueda, but are then treacherously set upon and killed. Gonzalo, Ramiro, and Ramiro's illegitimate half-brother
Sancho Garcés are among the many nobles to lose their lives, in what will be remembered as the 'disaster' or 'treachery of Rueda'. • Summer –
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor besieges
Pope Gregory VII in
Castel Sant'Angelo at
Rome. • October – While
Robert Guiscard is in Italy, emperor
Alexios I Komnenos retakes territory previously lost to the Normans, including the town of
Kastoria. Several Normans, including
Peter Aliphas, switch sides to the Byzantines. •
Reconquista: Castilian forces under Alfonso VI reconquer
Talavera de la Reina in the
Taifa of Toledo (modern
Spain). • King
Sancho Ramírez of
Pamplona and
Aragon, conquers
Graus (located in the
Pyrenees). • King
William the Conqueror imprisons his half-brother
Odo of Bayeux for planning a military expedition to
Italy.
Africa •
Ceuta falls to the
Almoravids, after a five-year
siege. == Births ==