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Events
Corfu
taken from
Byzantine Empire
by
Robert Guiscard
,
Norman
King of Southern
Italy
Byzantine emperor
Nicephorus III
is overthrown by
Alexius I Comnenus
, ending the Middle
Byzantine
period and beginning the
Comnenan dynasty
Alexius I helps defend
Albania
from the Normans (the first recorded mention of Albania), but is defeated at the
Battle of Dyrrhachium
.
Beginning of the construction of
Saint Canute's Cathedral
in
Odense
.
May 8
-
Alfonso VI of Castile
marries
Constance of Burgundy
.
Births
November 11
-
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
(d.
1106
)
December 1
- King
Louis VI of France
(d.
1137
)
Suger
, abbot of
Saint Denis Basilica
(d.
1151
)
Deaths
Saint Bernard of Montjoux (or Menthon), patron saint of mountaineers.
Byzantine emperor
Nicephorus III
September 1
-
Eusebius of Angers
, Bishop of
Angers
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