1097
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| Gregorian calendar | 1097 MXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1850 |
| Armenian calendar | 546 ԹՎ ՇԽԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5847 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1018–1019 |
| Bengali calendar | 504 |
| Berber calendar | 2047 |
| English Regnal year | 10 Will. 2 – 11 Will. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1641 |
| Burmese calendar | 459 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6605–6606 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3794 or 3587 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3795 or 3588 |
| Coptic calendar | 813–814 |
| Discordian calendar | 2263 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1089–1090 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4857–4858 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1153–1154 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1018–1019 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4197–4198 |
| Holocene calendar | 11097 |
| Igbo calendar | 97–98 |
| Iranian calendar | 475–476 |
| Islamic calendar | 490–491 |
| Japanese calendar | Eichō 2 / Jōtoku 1 (承徳元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1001–1002 |
| Julian calendar | 1097 MXCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3430 |
| Minguo calendar | 815 before ROC 民前815年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −371 |
| Seleucid era | 1408/1409 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1639–1640 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1223 or 842 or 70 — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1224 or 843 or 71 |
Year 1097 (MXCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Edgar deposes Donald III and Edmund to become king of Scotland.
- The First Crusade proceeds towards Palestine:
- June 3 – the Norman crusaders join the rest of the army during the siege of Nicaea.[1]
- June 19 – the city of Nicaea falls to the Crusaders after a month siege.
- July 1 – Crusaders win the Battle of Dorylaeum and capture Latakia from the Seljuk Turks.
- October 21 – the siege of Antioch by the crusaders begins..[2]
- December 31 – at the battle of Harenc, the crusaders defeat the troops from Aleppo trying to come to the relief of besieged Antioch.[3]
- Croatian King Petar Svačić dies as the last Croatian king in the Battle of Gvozd Mountain against the army of the King Coloman of Hungary
- New Almoravid campaign in al-Andalus.[4]
Births
- March 15 – Fujiwara no Tadamichi, Japanese noble (died 1164)
- approximate date - Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd, Welsh princess and rebel leader (died 1136)
Deaths
- January/February – Odo of Bayeux
- June 6 – Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre
- date unknown
- Marpa Lotsawa
- Sweyn the Crusader, Danish crusader
- Petar Svačić, King of Croatia
- Florine of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1083)
References
- ^ Abels, Richard Philip; Bernard S. Bachrach (2001). The Normans and their adversaries at war. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer. p. 92. ISBN 0-85115-847-1.
- ^ Rickard, J. "Antioch, crusader siege of, 21 October 1097-3 June 1098". Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ^ Rickard, J. "Battle of Harenc, 9 February 1098". Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ^ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.