By place Byzantine Empire • Spring –
Siege of Nicaea:
Malik Shah, Seljuk ruler of the
Sultanate of Rum, sends an expedition through
Bithynia to the very walls of
Nicaea. Seljuk forces raid
Abydos on the
Hellespont, with its rich custom-houses. Malik Shah attacks and captures
Pergamum. Emperor
Alexios I Komnenos sets out to meet the Seljuk invaders. He lifts the siege at Nicaea and wins a complete victory near
Cotyaeum (modern
Turkey).
Levant •
January 15 – The
Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller), founded to protect
pilgrims to the
Holy Land, is formally recognized by the papal bull (proclamation)
Pie Postulatio Voluntatis issued by
Pope Paschal II. •
June 28 –
Battle of Al-Sannabra: The Crusaders led by Baldwin I are defeated (due to a feigned flight) by a Seljuk army under
Mawdud ibn Altuntash, the Turkic governor (
atabeg) of
Mosul, at the
Jordan River south of the
Sea of Galilee. Mawdud sends raiding columns to ravage the countryside and sacks the town of
Nablus. • September – King
Baldwin I of Jerusalem marries
Adelaide del Vasto, the wealthy widow of Count
Roger I of Sicily ('Bosso') in Acre. She lands in
Palestine accompanied by Arab soldiers (her personal bodyguard) and travels to Jerusalem. Their marriage is
bigamous, because Baldwin is legally still married to his second wife
Arda of Armenia.
Europe •
April 16 –
Sviatopolk II, Grand Prince of
Kiev, dies after a 20-year reign and is succeeded by his 60-year-old cousin
Vladimir II Monomakh. He begins a campaign against the
Cumans on the steppe in an effort to reunite the land of
Kievan Rus'. •
September 7 – The
Republic of Pisa signs a treaty with
Ramon Berenguer III ('the Great'), count of
Barcelona. The Pisan fleet embarks on a campaign against the
Moors in the
Balearic Islands. • The
Republic of Florence conquers the neighboring city of
Montecascioli, as part of its effort to extend its domination over the
contado (
provinces of Italy). •
Peter Abelard, a French
scholastic philosopher, opens his school in
Paris, on the heights of
Montagne Sainte-Geneviève (approximate date). • Queen
Urraca of Castile unsuccessfully attempts to seize the city of
Burgos from her ex-husband, King
Alfonso the Battler.
Asia •
A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains, the only extant work by the Chinese painter
Wang Ximeng, is finished. • King
Suryavarman II begins his reign as ruler of the
Khmer Empire (modern
Cambodia).
By topic Religion •
Bridlington Priory is founded in
England, in the
Diocese of York (approximate date). == Births ==