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==== 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]].