1101

'Years:' 1098 1099 1100 - 1101 - 1102 1103 1104

'Decades:' 1070s 1080s 1090s - '1100s' - 1110s 1120s 1130s

'Centuries:' 11th century - '12th century' - 13th century

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

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.

★ Baldwin I of Jerusalem, King 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.

★ Vast compilation of Liao, Korean, and Song Buddhist writings completed.

Births

★ Heloise, lover of Pierre Abélard (died 1162)

★ William Clito, Count of Flanders (died 1128)

Deaths

★ June 22 - Count Roger 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 (born 1053)

★ Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester

★ Su Shi, Chinese statesman and poet (born 1037)

★ Su Song, Chinese scientist and engineer (born 1020)