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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Corfu taken from Byzantine Empire by Robert Guiscard, Norman King of Southern Italy

★ Byzantine emperor Nicephorus III is overthrown by Alexius I Comnenus, ending the Middle Byzantine period and beginning the Comnenan dynasty

★ Alexius I helps defend Albania from the Normans (the first recorded mention of Albania), but is defeated at the Battle of Dyrrhachium.

★ Beginning of the construction of Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense.

★ May 8 — Alfonso VI of Castile marries Constance of Burgundy.

★ Battle of Durazzo. Emperor Alexius I attempts to relieve the coastal city of Dyrrachium (Durazzo)

Births

★ December 1 — King Louis VI of France (d. 1137)

Deaths

★ September 1 — Eusebius of Angers, Bishop of Angers

★ Bolesław II the Bold, King of Poland

★ Nicephorus III, Byzantine Emperor

★ Trahaearn ap Caradog, King of Gwynedd