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

==== Europe ====
* [[May 25]] &ndash; King [[Alfonso VI of León and Castile]] ("the Brave") recaptures [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] from the [[Moors]], and occupies other cities such as [[Madrid]] and [[Talavera de la Reina|Talavera]] (including the castle of [[Aledo, Spain|Aledo]]). Alfonso moves his capital to Toledo, and consolidates his power between [[Sistema Central]] and the [[Tagus|Tagus River]], from where he launches more attacks against the [[taifa]]s of [[Taifa of Córdoba|Córdoba]], [[Taifa of Seville|Seville]], [[Taifa of Badajoz|Badajoz]] and [[Taifa of Granada|Granada]] (modern [[Spain]]).
* Summer &ndash; [[Robert Guiscard]] heads for the [[Ionian Islands]] despite an [[epidemic]] among troops on [[Corfu]]. His son, [[Roger Borsa]], lands on [[Cephalonia]] but Guiscard falls sick as his ship approaches the northernmost headland and is carried ashore, where he dies of fever (on [[July 17]]).
* Emperor [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV]] declares the [[Peace and Truce of God|Peace of God]] in all the imperial territories of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] to quell any sedition.
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Vratislaus II of Bohemia|Vratislaus II]], a son of Duke [[Bretislav I]], becomes the first king of [[List of Bohemian monarchs|Bohemia]] and is elevated 'for life' by Henry IV.
* [[Katedralskolan, Lund|Katedralskolan]] in [[Lund]] (modern [[Sweden]]), the oldest school in [[Scandinavia]], is founded by King [[Canute IV of Denmark]].

==== England ====
* The [[Domesday Book|Domesday Survey]] is commissioned by King [[William the Conqueror]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Domesday Book|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/|website=www.nationalarchives.gov.uk|access-date=25 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> apparently prompted by the abortive invasion of Canute IV, to ensure proper taxation and levies.<ref>{{cite web|title=British History in depth: The Domesday Book|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/doomsday_01.shtml|website=BBC - History|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>

==== China ====
* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[Emperor Zhezong]] ascends the throne at the age of 8 under the supervision of his grandmother, Grand Empress Dowager [[Empress Gao (Song dynasty)|Gao]]. She cancels the reform policy of Chancellor [[Wang Anshi]].
* The output of [[copper]] currency for the Chinese [[Song dynasty]] reaches 6 billion coins a year, prompting the Chinese government to adopt the world's first [[Banknote|paper-printed money]] later in the [[1120]]s.</onlyinclude>