Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century Decades: 1040s 1050s 1060s 1070s 1080s - 1090s - 1100s 1110s 1120s 1130s 1140s
Years: 1090Events Granada captured by Yusuf Ibn Tashfin, King of the Almoravides Beginnings of troubadours in Provence Bejaia becomes the capital of the Hammadid dynasty in Algeria Births William of Malmsbury Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Saint Famianus Eliezer ben Nat 1091Events Henry, son of William I attempted a coup against his brothers but failed to seize the English throne. The Normans took Sicily from the Islamic rulers. The Islamic Abbadid dynasty ruling in Spain fell when the Almoravides stormed Seville. London Bri 1092Events May 9 Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated. Births Abenezra, (or 1093), writer Foulques V, Count of Anjou and King of Jerusalem Deaths King Vratislav II of Bohemia 1092. 1093Events Donald III of Scotland comes to the throne of Scotland. Building of Durham Cathedral begun in Durham, England. Births Abenezra (or 1092), writer Deaths August 29 Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy November 13 King Malcolm III of Scotland 1093. 1094Events May the siege of Valencia ends Pleas for help fighting the Seljuk Turks by Byzantium starts the First Crusade Duncan III of Scotland succeeds Duncan II of Scotland as King of Scotland The first mention of the city of Zagreb, Croatia, as it became a 1095Events The county of Portugal is established. Pembroke Castle is built in Wales. The cathedral in Valence, France is consecrated. Coloman becomes King of Hungary. March Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus sends ambassadors to Pope Urban II at the Council 1096Events Bernhard becomes Bishop of Brandenburg First documented teaching at the University of Oxford Beginning of the People's Crusade and the First Crusade Vital I Michele is Doge of Venice Peter I, King of Aragon, conquers Huesca Phayao, now a province o 1097Events Edgar I deposes Donald III to become king of Scotland. The First Crusade reaches Constantinople. Crusaders besiege Nicaea, win the Battle of Dorylaeum, and capture Latakia from the Seljuk Turks, and begin the siege of Antioch. Births Deaths Odo of 1098 1099
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