By place Byzantine Empire • Spring – Emperor
Alexios I Komnenos sends a Byzantine expeditionary force under General
Tatikios to
Nicaea, in an attempt to re-capture the city from the Seljuk Turks. However, the arrival of
Barkiyaruq's army en route stops the Byzantines. Alexios sends reinforcements; short of supplies, the Seljuk Turks retreat.
Abu'l-Qasim, Seljuk governor of Nicaea, is defeated and forced to conclude a truce with Alexios.
Europe •
May –
El Cid (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar) completes his conquest of
Valencia in
Al-Andalus (modern
Spain) and begins his rule (in the name of King
Alfonso VI) there. The
Almoravid campaign to regain the city fails. •
May–
June –
Duncan, son of the late King
Malcolm III of Scotland, gathers a substantial army, chiefly Anglo-Normans from England, and challenges his uncle
Donald III ("the Fair") for the
Kingdom of Scotland. Duncan is crowned king at
Scone. •
July 28 –
William Bertrand dies, and his margravial title of
Provence is inherited by
Raymond IV ("Saint-Gilles"), who becomes count of
Toulouse (until
1105). •
November 12 – Donald III mobilizes his army and kills Duncan II in battle in the
Scottish Lowlands, re-taking the Scottish throne.
Fatimid Egypt • After the death of
Caliph al-Mustansir Billah, his son-in-law and
vizier Al-Afdal declares
al-Musta'li, a younger son of al-Mustansir, in a
coup d'état as new Caliph. Al-Mustansir's designated heir,
Nizar, flees to
Alexandria.
Eastern Islamic world of
al-Muqtadi mint at Baghdad •
February 3 – Caliph of
Baghdad al-Muqtadi dies and is succeeded by his nominated heir Ahmad (
al-Mustazhir). •
October – Seljuk sultan
Mahmud I dies after a 2-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother
Barkiyaruq (one of the Seljuk princes who claim the throne) as ruler of the
Seljuk Empire.
By topic Religion •
May 15 – The
Cathedral of St. Agatha in
Catania (
Sicily) is consecrated by the Breton abbot
Ansger. •
October 8 – Doge
Vitale Faliero consecrates the new
Basilica of San Marco in
Venice. • King
Ladislaus I of Hungary founds a diocese (alongside the bishop's
see) in
Zagreb. •
Al-Musta'li becomes the nineteenth
imam of
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