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Emperor Taizu of Jin (1068–1123)

Events

September 14 – Battle of Sarmin: The Crusaders, under Prince Roger of Salerno, surprise and rout the Seljuk Turkish army (some 8,000 men), led by Emir Bursuq ibn Bursuq, at Sarmin (modern Syria). Bursuq barely avoids capture, and escapes with a few hundred horsemen. Roger reoccupies the fortress of Kafartab, and consolidates his territory around Antioch.<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem, pp. 106–107. Template:ISBN.</ref>
The Crusader castle of Montreal (located in Jordan) is commissioned by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem, during an expedition against the Seljuk Turks.

February 11 – Battle of Welfesholz: Duke Lothair of Supplinburg joins the rebellious Saxon forces, and defeats the German Imperial Army of Emperor Henry V at Welfesholz, in Saxony-Anhalt (modern Germany).<ref>Comyn, Robert (1851). History of the Western Empire from its Restoration by Charlemagne to the Accession of Charles V, p. 181.</ref>
July 24 – Matilda, margravine of Tuscany, dies at Bondeno. During her reign she waged an intermittent war with Emperor Henry IV over the inheritance rights of her fiefs in Lombardy and Tuscany.

The Jin Dynasty (or Great Jin) is created by the Jurchen tribal chieftain Taizu (or Aguda). He establishes a dual-administration system: a Chinese-style bureaucracy to rule over northern and northeast China.
The 19-year-old Minamoto no Tameyoshi, Japanese nobleman and samurai, gains recognition by suppressing a riot against Emperor Toba at a monastery near Kyoto (approximate date).

The Mixtec ruler Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (or 8 Deer) is defeated in battle and sacrificed by a coalition of city-states, led by his brother-in law 4 Wind, at Tilantongo in the Mixteca Alta region (modern Mexico).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Arnulf of Chocques is accused of sexual relations with a Muslim woman. He is briefly removed from his position as patriarch of Jerusalem.
Peter Abelard, French scholastic philosopher, becomes master of the cathedral school of Notre-Dame and meets Héloïse d'Argenteuil.
Clairvaux Abbey is founded by Bernard, French abbot and a major leader in the reform of Benedictine monasticism, in France.
Hugh of Saint Victor, French theologian and writer, joins the Victorines (at the Augustinian Abbey of St. Victor) in Paris.

16 May – Lambert of Arras, Flemish bishop<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
July 8 – Peter the Hermit, French religious leader
July 24 – Matilda, margravine of Tuscany (b. 1046)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
September 27 – Bonfilius, Italian Saint and bishop of Foligno<ref name="Nicolini">Template:Cite web</ref>
December 22 – Olav Magnusson, king of Norway (b. 1099)
December 23 – Ivo of Chartres, French bishop (b. 1040)
December 30 – Theodoric II, duke of Lorraine
Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi, Arab theologian (or 1114)
Adela of Flanders, queen of Denmark (b. 1064)
Artau II, count of Pallars Sobirà (approximate date)
Eight Deer Jaguar Claw, Mixtec ruler (b. 1063)
Gerberga (or Gerburge), countess of Provence
Godfrey of Amiens, French bishop (b. 1066)
Leo Marsicanus, Italian cardinal (b. 1046)
Mazdali ibn Tilankan, Almoravid governor
Odo II (or Eudes), count of Champagne
Reynelm (or Reinelm), bishop of Hereford
Shin Arahan, Burmese religious adviser
Tanchelm of Antwerp, Flemish priest
Turgot of Durham, Scottish bishop