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political events

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.

literature

Chinese poet-essayist Su Dongpo (Su Tung-po) dies at Qiong Zhou (Chiung chou) July 18 at age 64, having been restored to favor.

crime

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.

architecture, real estate

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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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 AD. For Shigesato Itoi's website, 1101.com, see Shigesato Itoi.

Years: 1098 1099 1100 –1101 –1102 1103 1104

Decades: 1070s 1080s 1090s –1100s –1110s 1120s 1130s

Centuries: 11th century –12th century –13th century

1101 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments v • d • e

Art and literature

1101 in poetry v • d • e

1101 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1101 MCI
Ab urbe condita	1854
Armenian calendar	550 ԹՎ ՇԾ
Bahá'í calendar	-743 – -742
Berber calendar	2051
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	1156 – 1157
- Shaka Samvat	1023 – 1024
- Kali Yuga	4202 – 4203
Holocene calendar	11101
Iranian calendar	479 – 480
Islamic calendar	494 – 495
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3434
Thai solar calendar	1644
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Events

• A second wave of crusaders arrives in the newly established Kingdom of Jerusalem, after being heavily defeated by Kilij Arslan I at Heraclea Cybistra (see Crusade of 1101).
• Raymond IV of Toulouse, count of Tripoli, takes Ankara from the Seljuk Turks.
• King Baldwin I of Jerusalem captures Arsuf (in April) and Caesarea (in May).
• Robert Curthose signs the Treaty of Alton, giving up his claim to the Anglo-Norman throne and establishing Henry I as King of England.
• The County of Berg, Germany is established.
• Canute II of Denmark is canonized.
• A vast compilation of Liao, Korean, and Song Buddhist writings is completed.

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)
• Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester
• Su Shi, Chinese statesman and poet (b. 1037)
• Su Song, Chinese scientist and engineer (b. 1020)

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