Anno Domini 1096
1096 (MXCVI)
Events
- Bernard becomes Bishop of Brandenburg.
- In Ireland, the Diocese of Waterford is erected.
- The first documented teaching at the University of Oxford occurs.
- In England, Norwich School is founded as an episcopal Grammar School.
- The People's Crusade, the Rhineland massacres, and the First Crusade begin.
- Late April – A large band of Crusaders approaches Speyer, and massacres the Jewish population.
- On October 21 – Battle of Civetot: Kilij Arslan I, of the Sultanate of Rum, ends the People's Crusade near İznik.
- King Peter I of Aragon conquers Huesca.
- Phayao, now a province of Thailand, is founded as a kingdom.
- The University of Salerno is founded.
Births
- Hugh of St. Victor, Saxon scholar
- King Stephen of England (d. 1154)
- Theodora Komnene (daughter of Alexios I), Byzantine princess
Deaths
- January 2 – William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England
- May – Minna of Worms, Jewish martyr
- October 21 – Walter the Penniless, a leader of the First Crusade
- date unknown
- Eudocia Macrembolitissa, Byzantine regent, empress of Byzantine Emperor Constantine X (b. 1021)
- Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou (b. 1040)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1096
