1091
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This article is about the year 1091.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1060s 1070s 1080s – 1090s – 1100s 1110s 1120s |
| Years: | 1088 1089 1090 – 1091 – 1092 1093 1094 |
| 1091 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1091 MXCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1844 |
| Armenian calendar | 540 ԹՎ ՇԽ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5841 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -753–-752 |
| Bengali calendar | 498 |
| Berber calendar | 2041 |
| English Regnal year | 4 Will. 2 – 5 Will. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1635 |
| Burmese calendar | 453 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6599–6600 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年十二月初九日 (3727/3787-12-9) — to —
辛未年十一月十九日(3728/3788-11-19) |
| Coptic calendar | 807–808 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1083–1084 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4851–4852 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1147–1148 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1013–1014 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4192–4193 |
| Holocene calendar | 11091 |
| Iranian calendar | 469–470 |
| Islamic calendar | 483–484 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3424 |
| Minguo calendar | 821 before ROC 民前821年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1634 |
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Year 1091 (MXCI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By area
[edit] Europe
- William Rufus of France invades Normandy and gains a foothold in it.
- Ladislaus I of Hungary occupies Slavonia.
[edit] British Isles
- October 23 – London Tornado of 1091: A T8/F4 tornado is recorded in St Mary-le-Bow of London, England, which destroys London Bridge.
- Henry, son of William I, attempts a coup against his brothers but fails to seize the English throne.
- Cardiff Castle is built.
[edit] Mediterranean
- April 29 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs besiege Constantinople, but are defeated so decisively by Emperor Alexius I that they fade into oblivion.
- With the taking of Noto, the Normans complete the 30 year long conquest of Sicily from the Islamic rulers.
- The Islamic Abbadid dynasty ruling in Spain falls when the Almoravids storm Seville. Confronted with this new threat, the king of Badajoz, al-Mutawakkil ibn al-Aftas, obtains the support of Castile in exchange for the Muslim positions on the Tagus river — Sintra, Santarém and Lisbon.[1]
- Roger Guiscard takes Malta.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Religion
- Athanasius VI bar Khamoro becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- June 17 – Dirk V, Count of Holland
- July 5 – Abbot William of Hirsau
- August 25 – Sisnando Davides, military leader
- December 19 – Adelaide of Susa, margravine of Turin
- Robert D'Oyly, first Lord of Oxford Castle
- King Stjepan II of Croatia, the last member of the Trpimirović dynasty, died peacefully without leaving an heir.
[edit] References
- ^ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
