Anno Domini 1096

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World of Darkness -- Medieval

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