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

==== Europe ====
* [[March 31]] &ndash; Emperor [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV]] besieges [[Rome]] and enters the city. He is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by [[Antipope Clement III]] in Rome and receives the patrician authority.<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-IV-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=8 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Sack of Rome (1084)|Sack of Rome]]: Duke [[Robert Guiscard]] leads a Norman army (36,000 men) north and enters Rome; the city is sacked, and Henry IV is forced to retreat.
* Robert Guiscard returns with 150 warships in [[Illyria]] (modern [[Albania]]), and occupies [[Corfu]] and [[Cephalonia|Kefalonia]] with the support of [[Republic of Ragusa|Ragusa]] and the [[Dalmatian city-states]].
* King [[Halsten Stenkilsson]] is killed and his brother [[Inge the Elder]] is deposed in [[Svealand]] (modern [[Sweden]]). Inge is replaced by his brother-in-law [[Blot-Sweyn]].

==== Seljuk Empire ====
* The [[Seljuk Empire|Seljuk Turks]] under Sultan [[Malik-Shah I]] conquer Byzantine [[Antakya|Antioch]], held by [[Philaretos Brachamios]], an Armenian general, who seizes power as a [[usurper]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Sima Guang]], Chinese chancellor and historian, with a group of scholars, completes the ''[[Zizhi Tongjian]]'', a chronicle of [[Universal history (genre)|universal history]] of China.
* [[April 21]] &ndash; King [[Kyansittha]] begins his reign as ruler of the [[Pagan Kingdom]] in [[Myanmar|Burma]] (modern [[Myanmar]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=E |first1=Harvey G. |title=History of Burma |date=2000 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=9788120613652 |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmIVhKXwrFcC&pg=PA36|language=en}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Pope Gregory VII]], who has been forced by the presence in Rome of Henry IV to retreat to the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]], is freed by Robert Guiscard and restores papal authority in Rome.
* [[Bruno of Cologne]] founds the [[Carthusians|Carthusian Order]] which includes both monks and nuns. He builds a [[Hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitage]] in the [[French Alps]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Carthusian religious order |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Carthusians |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=8 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* Building work starts on [[Worcester Cathedral]] in England, orchestrated by Bishop [[Wulfstan (died 1095)|Wulfstan]].</onlyinclude>