By place Byzantine Empire •
August 15 – Emperor
Alexios I Komnenos dies after a 37-year reign, in which he has regained control over western
Anatolia (modern
Turkey). He stabilizes his frontiers against the wars with the
Normans in the western
Balkans, and the
Seljuk Turks in the East. Alexios is succeeded by his 30-year-old son,
John II Komnenos (
the Good), as ruler of the
Byzantine Empire.
Europe • Peace between
England and
Flanders is agreed upon.
British Isles • Enna mac Donnchada mac Murchada becomes
King of Dublin in
Ireland. • Cu Faifne mac Congalaig becomes
King of Uí Failghe in Ireland. • Maelsechlainn Ua Faelain becomes
King of the Déisi Muman in Ireland. • The
cantrefs of Rhos and Rhufoniog are annexed by
Gruffudd ap Cynan,
King of Gwynedd in
Wales. • The
Archbishop of York is no longer required to be crowned by the
Archbishop of Canterbury. • Reconstruction begins on
Peterborough Cathedral in England, destroyed by fire in
1116.
Eastern Europe • Đorđe Vojislavljević
ruler of Serbia, is overthrown by Uroš I of Raška. •
George I of Duklja is overthrown by his cousin
Grubeša. • Radostl becomes
Bishop of Krakow. •
Zbraslav, now part of
Prague, is founded. •
Sylvester of Kiev becomes bishop of
Pereiaslav.
France • A rebellion against
Henry I of England breaks out in
Normandy. • Alberich of Rheims becomes Master at the
school of Rheims. •
Charles I, Count of Flanders marries Margaret of Clermont. •
Peter Abelard and
Héloïse d'Argenteuil have a child and marry secretly in Paris. Her uncle Fulbert has Abelard
castrated, and both Abelard and Héloïse enter religious orders. • Amaury IV of Montfort divorces his wife Richilde, daughter of
Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut. •
Wulgrin III becomes
Count of Angoulême. • Gervais becomes
Count of Rethel. •
Montlhéry Castle is dismantled by
Louis VI of France.
Germany •
Magdeburg is almost destroyed by fire. •
Reichenbach Abbey is founded. •
Zwickau,
Eisenstadt,
Kirchgandern, and
Wolfenbüttel are first mentioned. •
Otto of Bamberg is suspended by the Pope, and
Norbert of Xanten defends himself against charges of
heresy, at the Synod of
Fritzlar.
Italy •
January 24 –
Pope Gelasius II succeeds
Pope Paschal II as the 161st
pope. •
March 10 –
Gregory VIII is elected
antipope. •
September 26 –
Pisa Cathedral in the
March of Tuscany is consecrated by Pope Gelasius II. • The restoration of
Santa Maria in Cosmedin begins. • The economic competition between
Milan and
Como drives the two cities to war.
Scandinavia • Upon the death of his brother
Philip,
Inge the Younger becomes sole king of Sweden. •
Þorlákur Runólfsson becomes
Bishop of Skálholt.
Spain • The
Almoravids lose their control of the
Ebro valley: • Pope
Gelasius II grants the status of
Crusade to the Christian effort in the Ebro Valley, attracting numerous
Gascon,
Occitan and
Norman knights. •
December 18 –
Alfonso the Battler expels the
Moors from
Zaragoza. The Aragonese reconquer many of the valleys of the
Jalón and the
Jiloca. • The troops of
Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, led by
archbishop Oleguer Bonestruga, capture
Tarragona from the
Moors.
East Asia • The
Genei era begins in
Japan. • The Zenghe era of
Emperor Huizong of Song China ends, and the Chonghe era begins. • The Yongning era of
Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia ends.
Caucasus •
David IV of Georgia captures
Lori from the
Seljuk Turks. •
David IV of Georgia settles a number of
Kipchaks in Georgia.
Western Asia •
June 11 –
Roger of Salerno,
Prince of Antioch, captures
Azaz from the
Seljuk Turks. • The
Byzantine general Philocales captures
Sardis, from the Seljuk
Sultanate of Rûm. •
Baldwin I of Jerusalem invades
Egypt, but dies of an old wound. •
Baldwin of Le Bourg succeeds his cousin
Baldwin I, as
King of Jerusalem. •
Roman of Le Puy becomes lord of
Oultrejordain. •
Joscelin I succeeds Baldwin of Le Bourg, as
Count of Edessa. •
Garmond of Picquigny becomes
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. • Suleyman I ibn al-Ghazi becomes
emir of Aleppo. •
Ahmed Sanjar and
Mahmud II proclaim themselves rival
Seljuk sultans, upon the death of
Mehmed I of Great Seljuk. •
Al-Mustarshid becomes
Abbasid caliph. • Bahram Shah becomes
Ghaznavid Emperor. •
Knights Templar were founded in Jerusalem
South Asia •
June 29 – Vikram Chola becomes regent of the
Chola kingdom. • Battle of Kennagal: The
Hoysala Empire defeats the
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