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11th century
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As a means of recording the passage of
time, the '''11th century''' was that
century which lasted from
1001 to
1100. In the history of European culture, this period is considered the early part of the
High Middle Ages.
Overview
Events
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*
1001,
Mahmud of Ghazni,
Muslim leader of
Ghazni, begins raids into Northern
India; he finishes in
1027.
* Circa
1001,
Vikings, led by
Leif Eirikson, establish small settlements in and around
Vinland in
North America
*
1054, the
East-West Schism Great Schism, in which the Western (
Roman Catholic) and
Eastern Orthodox churches separated from each other. Similar schisms in the past had been later repaired, but this one continues after nearly 1000 years.
*
1060,
Norman conquest of
Sicily
*
1065, independence of the Kingdom of
Galicia (Spain) Galicia and
Portugal under the rule of Garcia
*
1066,
Edward the Confessor dies; Norman conquest of
England in the
Battle of Hastings
*
1071, Defeat of the
Byzantine Empire at the
Battle of Manzikert, ending 3 centuries of military and economic power
*
1076,
Ghana Empire began break-up after capital (Kumbi) sacked
*
1085,
Alfonso VI of Castile captures the Muslim city of
Toledo, Spain Toledo.
*
1086, compilation of the
Domesday Book
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*
1094,
El Cid, the great Spanish hero, conquers the
Moors Muslim city of
Valencia
* ca.
1095-
1099, earliest extant manuscript of the ''
Song of Roland''
*
1099,
First Crusade captures
Jerusalem
*King
Anawrahta of
Myanmar made a pilgrimage to
Ceylon, returning to convert his country to
Theravada Buddhism.
* The
Tuareg migrate to the
Aïr region.
*
Kanem-Bornu expands southward into modern
Nigeria.
* The first of seven
Hausa people Hausa city-states are founded in
Nigeria.
* The
Hodh region of
Mauritania becomes desert.
Significant people
*
Basil II Byzantine Emperor (Lived 958-1025,Reigned 976-1025)
*
Alexius I Comnenus byzantine Emperor (lived 1048-1180) (reigned 1081-1118)
*
Canute
*
William I of England William the Conqueror
*
Macbeth I of Scotland Macbeth
*
Alp Arslan
*
Pope Gregory VII Pope Saint Gregory VII (Hildebrand)
*
Anselm of Canterbury Saint Anselm, reputed founder of scholasticism and creator of the ontological argument.
* St Robert, founder of the
Cistercians
*
Emperor Henry III
*
Emperor Henry IV
*
Pope Urban II
*
Empress Agnes
*
Konrad II
*
Archbishop Anno II of Cologne
*
Stephen I of Hungary
*
Leif Ericson
*
Tunka Manin ruler of the
Ghana Empire
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
*
troubadours appear in what is now southern
France.
* Invention of military
rockets by the
China Chinese
* ''
The Tale of Genji'' by
Murasaki Shikibu is one of the first
novels in
Japanese language Japanese
* The
tittle was created.
Decades and years
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see
11th century
{{commonscat|11th century}}
The
11th century is the period from
1001 to
1100.
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Category:2nd millennium
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