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Normandy's Robert II Curthose invades England in an effort to take the throne from his younger brother Henry. He has returned from the First Crusade and is bought off in the Treaty of Alton.
Bavaria's duke Azzo d'Este IV dies in Cyprus while returning from the First Crusade to the Holy Land (see 1070). He has established the German line of the Guelphs (Welfs) and is succeeded by another Guelph.
Sicily's Roger I Guiscard dies at Mileto in Calabria June 22 at age 70 and is succeeded by his 5-year-old son, who will begin his reign in 1112 and rule until his death in 1154 as Roger II.
China's Northern Song (Sung) dynasty emperor Huizong (Hui Tsung) ascends the throne at age 9 to begin a 25-year reign.
Chinese poet-essayist Su Dongpo (Su Tung-po) dies at Qiong Zhou (Chiung chou) July 18 at age 64, having been restored to favor.
London's Tower of London gets its first prisoner, but Ralf Flambard escapes by getting the guards drunk and then lowering himself down by a rope from a window.
Gothic architecture will appear in Europe beginning in this century (see 1136; 1184; 1550; Chartres, 1260).
Florence's baptistry is erected.
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In the year 1101
Mathematics
Henry I of England introduces a measure of length equal to the length of his arm -- the yard. See also 1215 Communication.
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This article is about the year 1101. For Shigesato Itoi's website, 1101.com, see Shigesato Itoi.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1070s 1080s 1090s – 1100s – 1110s 1120s 1130s |
| Years: | 1098 1099 1100 – 1101 – 1102 1103 1104 |
| 1101 by topic | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1101 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1101 MCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1854 |
| Armenian calendar | 550 ԹՎ ՇԾ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5851 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -743–-742 |
| Bengali calendar | 508 |
| Berber calendar | 2051 |
| English Regnal year | 1 Hen. 1 – 2 Hen. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1645 |
| Burmese calendar | 463 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6609–6610 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年十一月三十日 (3737/3797-11-30) — to —
辛巳年十二月初十日(3738/3798-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 817–818 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1093–1094 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4861–4862 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1157–1158 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1023–1024 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4202–4203 |
| Holocene calendar | 11101 |
| Iranian calendar | 479–480 |
| Islamic calendar | 494–495 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 1101 MCI |
| Korean calendar | 3434 |
| Minguo calendar | 811 before ROC 民前811年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1644 |
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Year 1101 (MCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It was the 2nd year of the 1100s decade, and the 1st year of the 12th century.
Events
By location
Asia
- April – King Baldwin I of Jerusalem captures Arsuf and Caesarea (in May).
- Second wave of European crusaders who attempted to cross Anatolia to reachJerusalem. They are heavily defeated by the Seljuq troops of Kilij Arslan I at Heraclea Cybistra and just a handful of knights manage to reach Palestine.
Europe
- June 20 – Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, lands in Portsmouth to try to take the throne from his brother, Henry. Later that year (July), he signs the Treaty of Alton, giving up his claim to the Anglo-Norman throne and establishing Henry I as King of England.
- June 22 – At birth, Roger II becomes count of Sicily and duke of Calabria. His mother becomes regent.
- August – The troops of the Almoravid ruler, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, besiege Valencia, which is defended by Jimena Díaz, widow of El Cid. The city holds until May 1102.[1]
- Fall – Countess Mathilda takes Ferrara.
- November – At the death of his father, Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, Welf II, Duke of Bavaria becomes duke of Bavaria.
- The County of Berg, Germany is established.
By topic
Culture
Religion
- April 19– Canute II of Denmark is canonized.[2]
- At the death of antipope Theodoric, the partisan of the Holy Roman Emperor choose Albert as the new antipope.
- Establishment of the Fontevraud Abbey.
Births
- Heloise, lover of Pierre Abélard (d. 1162)
- Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (d. 1171)
- William Clito, Count of Flanders (d. 1128)
Deaths
- June 22 – Count Roger I of Sicily (b. 1031)
- July 27 – Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
- October 6 – Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order
- October 18 – Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053).
- November 6 – Welf I, duke of Bavaria.
- Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester
- Su Shi, Chinese statesman and poet (b. 1037)
- Su Song, Chinese scientist and engineer (b. 1020)
References
- ^ Lagardère, Vincent (1989). Les Almoravides jusqu'au règne de Yūsuf b. Tāšfīn (1039-1106). Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-7384-0467-1.
- ^ Klaniczay, Gábor; Eva Pálmai (2002). Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-42018-1. http://books.google.fr/books?id=tz12J0Eb9eUC&pg=RA1-PA152#v=onepage&q&f=false.
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