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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[August 15]] &ndash; Emperor [[Alexios I Komnenos]] dies after a 37-year reign, in which he has regained control over western [[Anatolia]] (modern [[Turkey]]). He stabilizes his frontiers against the wars with the [[Italo-Normans|Normans]] in the western [[Balkans]], and the [[Seljuk dynasty|Seljuk Turks]] in the East. Alexios is succeeded by his 30-year-old son, [[John II Komnenos]] ('''the Good'''), as ruler of the [[Byzantine Empire]].

==== Europe ====
* Peace between [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] is agreed upon.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=59–60|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>

==== British Isles ====
* Enna mac Donnchada mac Murchada becomes [[Kingdom of Dublin|King of Dublin]] in [[Ireland]].
* Cu Faifne mac Congalaig becomes [[List of kings of Uí Failghe|King of Uí Failghe]] in Ireland.
* Maelsechlainn Ua Faelain becomes [[List of monarchs of Déisi Muman|King of the Déisi Muman]] in Ireland.
* The [[cantref]]s of Rhos and Rhufoniog are annexed by [[Gruffudd ap Cynan]], [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|King of Gwynedd]] in [[Wales]].
* The [[Archbishop of York]] is no longer required to be crowned by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].
* Reconstruction begins on [[Peterborough Cathedral]] in England, destroyed by fire in [[1116]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/|title=Peterborough Cathedral website|access-date=2007-12-19}}</ref>

==== Eastern Europe ====
* Đorđe Vojislavljević [[List of Serbian monarchs|ruler of Serbia]], is overthrown by Uroš I of Raška.
* [[George I of Duklja]] is overthrown by his cousin [[Prince Grubeša|Grubeša]].
* Radostl becomes [[List of Roman Catholic bishops of Kraków|Bishop of Krakow]].
* [[Zbraslav]], now part of [[Prague]], is founded.
* [[Sylvester of Kiev]] becomes bishop of [[Pereiaslav]].

==== France ====
* A rebellion against [[Henry I of England]] breaks out in [[Normandy]].
* Alberich of Rheims becomes Master at the [[school of Rheims]].
* [[Charles I, Count of Flanders]] marries Margaret of Clermont.
* [[Peter Abelard]] and [[Héloïse d'Argenteuil]] have a child and marry secretly in Paris. Her uncle Fulbert has Abelard [[Castration|castrated]], and both Abelard and Héloïse enter religious orders.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Letters of Abelard and Heloise|location=London|publisher=Penguin|edition=Revised|year=2003|isbn=978-0-140-44899-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/lettersofabelard00abel_0/page/ x]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/lettersofabelard00abel_0/page/}}</ref>
* Amaury IV of Montfort divorces his wife Richilde, daughter of [[Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut]].
* [[Wulgrin II of Angoulême|Wulgrin III]] becomes [[Counts and dukes of Angoulême|Count of Angoulême]].
* Gervais becomes [[Counts and dukes of Rethel|Count of Rethel]].
* [[Montlhéry]] Castle is dismantled by [[Louis VI of France]].

==== Germany ====
* [[Magdeburg]] is almost destroyed by fire.
* [[Reichenbach Abbey (Bavaria)|Reichenbach Abbey]] is founded.
* [[Zwickau]], [[Eisenstadt]], [[Kirchgandern]], and [[Wolfenbüttel]] are first mentioned.
* [[Otto of Bamberg]] is suspended by the Pope, and [[Norbert of Xanten]] defends himself against charges of [[heresy]], at the Synod of [[Fritzlar]].

==== Italy ====
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Pope Gelasius II]] succeeds [[Pope Paschal II]] as the 161st [[pope]].
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Antipope Gregory VIII|Gregory VIII]] is elected [[antipope]].
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Pisa Cathedral]] in the [[March of Tuscany]] is consecrated by Pope Gelasius II.
* The restoration of [[Santa Maria in Cosmedin]] begins.
* The economic competition between [[Milan]] and [[Como]] drives the two cities to war.

==== Scandinavia ====
* Upon the death of his brother [[Philip of Sweden|Philip]], [[Inge the Younger]] becomes sole king of Sweden.
* [[Þorlákur Runólfsson]] becomes [[List of Skálholt bishops|Bishop of Skálholt]].

==== Spain ====
* The [[Almoravids]] lose their control of the [[Ebro]] valley:
** Pope [[Gelasius II]] grants the status of [[Crusade]] to the Christian effort in the Ebro Valley, attracting numerous [[Duchy of Vasconia|Gascon]], [[Occitania|Occitan]] and [[Normans|Norman]] knights.<ref name="possessing the land">{{cite book|last=Stalls|first=Clay|title=Possessing the land: Aragon's expansion into Islam's Ebro frontier under Alfonso the Battler, 1104-1134|year=1995|publisher=Brill|isbn=90-04-10367-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3YicOpi9esC|page=viii}}</ref> 
** [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Alfonso the Battler]] expels the [[Moors]] from [[Zaragoza]]. The Aragonese reconquer many of the valleys of the [[Jalón (river)|Jalón]] and the [[Jiloca (river)|Jiloca]].<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; pp.86.</ref>
** The troops of [[Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona]], led by [[Archbishop of Tarragona|archbishop]] [[Oleguer Bonestruga]], capture [[Tarragona]] from the [[Moors]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=McGrank|first=Lawrence|title=Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and te principality of Tarragona 1129-55|journal=Journal of Medieval History|year=1981|volume=7|issue=1|pages=67–82|doi=10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1}}</ref>

==== East Asia ====
* The [[Japanese era name|Genei era]] begins in [[Japan]].
* The Zenghe era of [[Emperor Huizong of Song China]] ends, and the Chonghe era begins.
* The Yongning era of [[Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia]] ends.

==== Caucasus ====
* [[David IV of Georgia]] captures [[Kingdom of Lori|Lori]] from the [[Seljuk Turks]].
* [[David IV of Georgia]] settles a number of [[Kipchaks in Georgia]].

==== Western Asia ====
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[Roger of Salerno]], [[Principality of Antioch|Prince of Antioch]], captures [[Azaz]] from the [[Seljuk Turks]].
* The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] general Philocales captures [[Sardis]], from the Seljuk [[Sultanate of Rûm]].
* [[Baldwin I of Jerusalem]] invades [[Egypt]].
* [[Baldwin II of Jerusalem|Baldwin of Le Bourg]] succeeds his cousin [[Baldwin I of Jerusalem|Baldwin I]], as [[Kings of Jerusalem|King of Jerusalem]].
* [[Roman of Le Puy]] becomes lord of [[Oultrejordain]].
* [[Joscelin I, Count of Edessa|Joscelin I]] succeeds Baldwin of Le Bourg, as [[County of Edessa|Count of Edessa]].
* [[Garmond of Picquigny]] becomes [[Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem]].
* Suleyman I ibn al-Ghazi becomes [[Rulers of Aleppo|emir of Aleppo]].
* [[Ahmed Sanjar]] and [[Mahmud II of Great Seljuk|Mahmud II]] proclaim themselves rival [[seljuk Turks|Seljuk]] [[sultan]]s, upon the death of [[Mehmed I of Great Seljuk]].
* [[Al-Mustarshid]] becomes [[Abbasid]] [[caliph]].
* Bahram Shah becomes [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid Emperor]].

==== South Asia ====
* [[June 29]] &ndash; Vikram Chola becomes regent of the [[Cholas|Chola]] kingdom.
* Battle of Kennagal: The [[Hoysala Empire]] defeats the [[Chalukya]].
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