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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ January 26 — Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor visits Pope Gregory VII as a penitent, asking him remove sentence of excommunication.

★ January 28 — Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.

★ April 3 — Creation of the first Parliament of Friuli.

★ Robert Curthose instigates his first insurrection against his father, William the Conqueror.

★ Seljuk Turks capture Nicaea.

★ Seljuk Turks capture Jerusalem and kill 3,000 citizens.

★ Süleyman I of Rüm becomes the leader of the Sultanate of Rüm in modern Turkey.

★ Anush Tigin Gharchai becomes leader of the Khwarezmid Empire in modern Turkey.

★ Foundation of the kingdom of Duklja.

★ Pope Christodolos of Alexandria ends reign as Coptic Pope.

★ The Bayeux Tapestry is made.

★ First recorded Trial by combat in England.

★ First English Cluniac Benedictine priory established.

★ Dionysius V Lazaros becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.

★ Foundation of the independent state of Friuli in modern Italy.

★ Vsevolod of Kiev becomes prince of Kievan Rus'.

★ Paul of Caen installed as Abbott of St Albans; St Albans Cathedral commenced.

Births

★ Joseph ibn Migash, rabbi (died 1141)

Deaths

★ April 25 — Geza I of Hungary

★ Agnes de Poitou, wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor and regent (b. 1020)

★ King Anawrahta of Myanmar (b. 1044)

★ Abolfazl Beyhaghi, Persian historian and author (b. 995)

★ Shao Yong (b. 1011) — Song Dynasty China philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian

★ Zhang Zai (b. 1020) — Song Dynasty China Neo-Confucian moral philosopher and cosmologist