after seizing the young emperor Henry IV.
1066. Death of Edward the Confessor, who is succeeded by Harold II. The
Norwegians invade England; they are defeated by Harold. William, Duke of
Normandy, invades and conquers England. See "NORMAN CONQUEST OF
ENGLAND," v, 204.
1067. Council of Mantua; Hildebrand denies the imperial right to
interfere in the election of a pope.
1068. Carrier pigeons are employed by the Saracens to convey
intelligence to the besieged in Palermo.
1069. Morocco founded by Abu-Bekr, Ameer of Lantuna.
1071. Alp Arslan, the Seljuk Sultan, defeats and captures the Eastern
Emperor, Romanus Diogenes.
1072. Palermo is taken by the Normans, who reduce the whole of Sicily.
1073. Lissa, taken by the Normans, is recovered by the Venetians.
Hildebrand elected pope; he takes the name of Gregory VII; the sale of
church benefices in Germany forbidden by him. See "TRIUMPHS OF
HILDEBRAND," v, 231.
1074. Gregory VII suggests the first idea of a general crusade against
the Turks.
1075. Lay investiture prohibited by a council called by Gregory VII. See
"TRIUMPHS OF HILDEBRAND," v, 231.
1076. Atziz, Malek Shah's lieutenant, conquers Syria from the Fatimites
of Egypt, and takes Jerusalem.
Christian pilgrims are persecuted by the Seljukian Turks.
Henry IV, Emperor of Germany, holds a council at Rome which deposes
Gregory VII. In union with the German princes the Pope deposes the
Emperor.
1077. Pope Gregory exacts an annual tribute from Alfonso, King of
Castile.
At Canossa Henry IV humbles himself before the Pope and is absolved. See
"TRIUMPHS OF HILDEBRAND," v, 231.
1079. Boleslas of Poland excommunicated by Gregory and expelled by his
subjects.
1080. Henry IV convenes a council which deposes Gregory VII; it elects
Guibert, Antipope Clement III, in his stead.
End of the war between Henry and Rudolph of Saxony caused by the death
of the latter.
1081. Constantinople captured by Alexis Comnenus, who is placed by his
soldiers on the Byzantine throne.
1084. Gregory VII is besieged in the castle of St. Angelo; Robert
Guiscard delivers the Pope. See "TRIUMPHS OF HILDEBRAND," v, 231.
1085. Death of Gregory VII, in exile at Salerno; the papacy vacant till
the following year.
Conquest of Toledo from the Moors by Alfonso of Castile.
1086. "COMPLETION OF THE DOMESDAY BOOK." See v, 242.
The Mahometans of Spain invite the chief of the Almoravides to assist
them. See "DECLINE OF THE MOORISH POWER IN SPAIN," v, 256.
1087. King William of England invades France; he dies at Rouen. His
eldest son, Robert, inherits Normandy; his second son, William Rufus,
secures the throne of England.
1088. Yussef is called into Spain by the Moorish princes; their
jealousies and discords render his assistance unavailing. See "DECLINE
OF THE MOORISH POWER IN SPAIN," v, 256.
1089. Henry IV excommunicated by Pope Urban II. A violent earthquake in
England.
The disease known as St. Anthony's fire breaks out in Lorraine.
1090. Hasan, Subah of Nishapur, collects a band of Carmathians who are
named after him, "Assassins."
William Rufus, King of England, invades Normandy and captures St.
Valery.
1091. Yussef conquers Seville and Almeria, sends Almoatamad to Africa,
and becomes supreme ruler in Mahometan Spain. See "DECLINE OF THE
MOORISH POWER IN SPAIN," v, 256.
1092. Guibert's party hold the castle of St. Angelo; Guibert's title to
the papacy is still asserted by Henry IV.
Complete disruption of the empire of the Seljuks follows the death of
Shah Malek.
1093. King Malcolm of Scotland invades England; he is killed near
Alnwick, by Roger de Mowbray.
1094. Sancho, King of Aragon and Navarre, falls in battle; he is
succeeded by his son Pedro.
Peter the Hermit goes on his pilgrimage to Jerusalem. See "THE FIRST
CRUSADE," v, 276.
1095. Philip and Henry again excommunicated by Pope Urban II.
Henry of Besangon marries Theresa, daughter of Alfonso the Valiant, who
erects Portugal into a county for his son-in-law.
1096. Aphdal, the Fatimite, expels the sons of Ortok from Jerusalem.
Movement of the first crusading armies; massacre of Jews in Europe. See
"THE FIRST CRUSADE," v, 276.
1097. William Rufus expels Archbishop Anselm, from England in defiance
of the papal legate.
Emperor Henry IV protects the German Jews.
Death of Albert Azzo, Marquis of Lombardy, more than 100 years old; he
was father of Guelf IV, the progenitor of the Brunswick family,
afterward one of the English royal lines.
The crusaders take Nicaea; the Eastern emperor Alexius, suspicious of
the crusaders, obtains the city of Nicasa for himself. See "THE FIRST
CRUSADE," v, 276.
1098. Edgar, son of Malcolm, seated on the throne of Scotland by Edgar
Atheling with an English army.
Pope Urban II holds a council at Bari to condemn the doctrines of the
Greek Church.
1099. Jerusalem captured by the crusaders. See "THE FIRST CRUSADE," v,
276.
Founding of the order of the Knights Hospitallers; Gerard of Jerusalem
the first provost or grand master.
Coronation of Henry V, second son of the Emperor, as king of the Romans.
1100. New antipopes arise on the death of Guibert (Clement III), one of
whom assumes the name of Sylvester IV.
William Rufus accidentally slain; Henry I becomes king of England; he
renews the laws of Edward the Confessor and unites the Saxon and Norman
races by his marriage with Matilda, granddaughter of Edmund "Ironside."
1101. Robert, Duke of Normandy, invades England and makes war on his
brother, Henry I.
Guelf, Duke of Bavaria, and William, Duke of Aquitaine, conduct a large
body of crusaders to the East. United with those who set out in the
preceding year, they are met by Kilidsch Arslan, on entering Asia Minor,
and are cut to pieces or dispersed.
1102. Pope Paschal II obtains from Matilda a deed of gift of all her
states to the Church.
Coloman, King of Hungary, conquers Croatia and Dalmatia.
1103. Yussef's son Ali recognized as heir to the thrones of Spain and
Africa.
1104. Baldwin, King of Jerusalem, defeats the Turks and captures Acre.
Emperor Henry IV faces a rebellion of his son, incited by the papal
party.
1105. Interview between Emperor Henry and his son at Elbingen; a diet is
called to be held at Mainz for the settlement of their dispute.
The English, under King Henry, take Caen and Bayeux in Normandy.
Defeat of the Turks in an attempt to retake Jerusalem; Bohemond, Prince
of Tarentum, who had taken Antioch from the Turks, made prisoner.
1106. King Henry I overthrows Duke Robert, who is captured, and secures
Normandy.
Death of Henry IV and accession of his son Henry V to the German throne;
the new Emperor asserts his right to appoint bishops.
1108. Death of Philip, King of France; Louis VI, the Fat, succeeds.
1109. Baldwin, King of Jerusalem, assisted by a Venetian fleet, captures
Tripoli.
Portugal declared independent and the hereditary succession established
in Count Henry's family.
1111. Emperor Henry V enters Rome; bloody contests between his soldiers
and the people. Pope Paschal II, a prisoner, resigns the right of
investiture and crowns the Emperor.
1113. Death of Swatopolk, Duke of Russia; his brother Vladimir succeeds.
1114. War in Wales; King Henry I erects castles there to secure his
conquests.
1117. The Doge of Venice falls at Zara in defending Dalmatia against the
Hungarians.
1118. "FOUNDATION OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR." See v, 301.
On the death of Paschal II the cardinals elect Gelasius II; the Emperor
appoints the Archbishop of Braga to assume the papal dignity under the
name of Gregory VIII. The factions afterward known as the Guelfs and
Ghibellines arose from this event.
1119. Battle of Noyon, by which Henry I reestablishes his ascendency in
Normandy.
Defeat of the Turks at Antioch by King Baldwin II and the Knights
Hospitallers.
Henry I resists the papal claim to investiture in England; banishment of
Thurstan, Archbishop of Canterbury.
1120. Sinking of the White Ship (_La Blanche Nef_), in which Prince
William, son of Henry I, was lost. The King is said to have "never
smiled again" after the receipt of the news.
1121. Siege of Sutri by the army of Pope Calixtus II, and surrender of
Antipope Gregory.
1122. Henry V and Calixtus II compromise, at the Diet of Worms, the
dispute respecting the right of investiture.
Baldwin, King of Jerusalem, and Jocelyn de Courtenay made prisoners by
the Turks.
Abelard, a noted French theologian, accused of heresy at the Council of
Soissons, is condemned to burn his writings.
1123. Ninth general council; First Lateran Council.
War renewed in Normandy by the rebellion of certain powerful barons;
Henry I, King of England, takes their castles.
1124. A rich Pisan convoy, on its voyage from Sardinia, captured by the
Genoese.
1125. Death of the emperor Henry V of Germany, which ends the Franconian
dynasty; the Duke of Saxony, Lothair II, elected his successor; he
declares war against the Hohenstaufens.
Punishment of the mintmen in England for issuing base coin.
1126. King Henry leaves Normandy and takes his prisoners to England.
1127. Marriage of Henry's daughter, Matilda, to Geoffrey Plantagenet;
she is acknowledged by the English barons as heiress to her father's
throne. See "STEPHEN USURPS THE ENGLISH CROWN," v, 317.
Death of William, Duke of Apulia; Roger II, Great Count of Sicily,
succeeds. This unites the Norman conquests in Italy with Sicily; the
Pope excommunicates him.
1128. Conrad, Duke of Franconia, of the Hohenstaufen house, crowned king
of Italy at Milan, in opposition to Lothair II; he is excommunicated by
the Pope.
Roger II overcomes the papal resistance and is formally acknowledged
duke of Apulia and Calabria.
1129. King Henry of England releases his Norman prisoners and restores
their lands to them.
1130. On the death of Pope Honorius II the cardinals divide into two
factions, one of which elects Innocent II, and the other the antipope
Anacletus II. The latter gains possession of the Lateran and is there
consecrated; Innocent takes refuge in France.
1131. Birth of Maimonides, who, next to Moses, is believed to have had
the greatest influence on Jewish thought. (Date uncertain.)
1132. Lothair II goes to Rome in support of Pope Innocent II against
Antipope Anacletus II; he expels Conrad.
Wool-spinning is introduced into England by the Flemings at Worstead;
hence the name "worsted."
1133. Lothair conducts Innocent to Rome and is there crowned emperor by
him.
1134. Aragon and Navarre choose separate sovereigns, who are protected
by Alfonso the Noble, King of Castile.
1135. Death of Henry I of England; Stephen usurps the throne. See
"STEPHEN USURPS THE ENGLISH CROWN," v, 317.
A copy of Justinian's _Pandects_ said to have been discovered at Amalfi.
The house of Hohenstaufen forced into submission by Lothair.
1136. Lothair marches into Italy with a large army; the cities make
submission.
Matilda resists Stephen's usurpation of the English crown, and invades
Normandy.
1137. Death of Louis VI; his son, Louis VII, succeeds to the French
crown.
1138. David I of Scotland defeated at the Battle of the Standard. See
"STEPHEN USURPS THE ENGLISH CROWN," v, 317.
Conrad, Duke of Franconia, elected emperor of Germany; he founds the
Hohenstaufen dynasty. From his castle of Wiblingen his party takes the
name of Ghibellines; his opponent, Henry Guelf, is put under the ban of
the empire, hence the papal party were called Guelfs.
1139. Pope Innocent II taken prisoner by Roger; a treaty of peace
confirms Roger's title. Arnold of Brescia is banished Italy. See
"ANTI-PAPAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT," v, 340.
Robert, Earl of Gloucester, a natural son of Henry I, promises
assistance to Matilda in her war against King Stephen of England. See
"STEPHEN USURPS THE ENGLISH CROWN," v, 317.
1140. Conrad III defeats the forces of Guelf VI, uncle of Henry the
Lion, while attempting to gain possession of Bavaria.
1141. Battle of Lincoln; King Stephen defeated and carried prisoner to
Bristol. See "STEPHEN USURPS THE ENGLISH CROWN," v, 317.
1142. Henry the Lion is invested with the duchy of Saxony by Conrad III.
His rival, Albert the Bear, created margrave of Brandenburg.
1143. Geisa, King of Hungary, invites German emigrants to join the
colony of that people in Transylvania.
1144. Edessa, Turkey, stormed and captured by Zenghi, Sultan of Aleppo.
1145. Arnold of Brescia initiates the antipapal democratic movement. See
"ANTIPAPAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT," v, 340.
Disruption of the Almoravide kingdom in Spain.
1146. Prince Henry inherits Anjou and Maine; Normandy submits to him.
St. Bernard, at the instance of Pope Eugenius, preaches a crusade for
the protection of the Holy Land against Noureddin, Sultan of Aleppo.
Byzantium is ravaged by Roger, King of Sicily. See "DECLINE OF THE
BYZANTINE EMPIRE," v, 353.
Crusaders and mobs massacre Jews in Germany.
1147. Louis VII of France and Emperor Conrad III lead the Second
Crusade.
Lisbon, after being taken from the Moors, is made the capital of
Portugal.
Moscow, Russia, is founded by the Prince of Suzdal, Dolgoucki.
1148. Unsuccessful sieges of Damascus and Ascalon by the crusaders.
1149. Louis, returning by sea from his crusade, is captured by the
Greeks, and rescued by the Sicilian fleet.
1150. Victory of Manuel, the Byzantine Emperor, over the Servians, who
become vassals of that empire.
1151. Manuel invades Hungary, crosses the Danube, grants a truce to
Geisa, and carries a large booty to Constantinople.
1152. Death of Conrad III; Frederick I, Barbarossa, elected emperor.
1153. Treaty by King Stephen and Henry Plantagenet concerning the
succession of the English crown. See "STEPHEN USURPS THE ENGLISH CROWN,"
v, 317.
1154. A large portion of France united with the crown of England on the
accession of Henry II, who founds the Plantagenet line, following
Stephen's death.
The first Italian expedition of Frederick Barbarossa.
Pope Adrian IV, by a bull, grants Ireland to the English crown.
1155. Frederick reëstablishes the papal rule in Rome. Pope Adrian IV
orders the execution of Arnold. See "ANTIPAPAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT," v,
340.
1156. Henry the Lion, of the Guelf line, has Bavaria restored to him.
Austria erected into a duchy.
1157. Pope Adrian, in a letter to the German Emperor, asserts Germany to
be a papal benefice; Frederick resists the claim.
Poland is compelled by Emperor Frederick I to pay him homage.
1158. Eric IX of Sweden conquers the coast of Finland and builds Abo.
Frederick I, Barbarossa, a second time invades Italy; he captures Milan.
1159. Election of Pope Alexander III; Frederick I creates an anti-pope,
Victor IV.
War ensues between Henry II of England and Louis VII of France; the
former claiming the county of Toulouse, Southern France.
1160. Emperor Frederick I calls the Council of Pavia; it declares Victor
to be pope; Alexander excommunicates them all.
1161. Peace concluded between Henry II and Louis VII; they acknowledge
Alexander as pope. The kings of Denmark, Norway, Bohemia, and Hungary
declare in favor of Victor.
Henry II limits the papal authority in England.
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