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==== Europe ====
* [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]] forces (supported with fighters from local [[Al-Andalus|Andalusian]] provinces), under Sultan [[Yusuf ibn Tashfin]],  besiege [[Aledo, Spain|Aledo]], but are forced to retreat, by the arrival of Spanish troops of King [[Alfonso VI of León and Castile|Alfonso VI]] ("the Brave") of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]].<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010). ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658–1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; p. 83.</ref>
* Catalonian troops, under Count [[Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona|Berenguer Ramon  II]], reconquer [[Tarragona]] (lost again in [[1108]]). He will rule [[Catalonia]] with his 6-year-old nephew [[Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona|Ramon Berenguer III]], until he comes of age.<ref>{{cite journal|last=McGrank|first=Lawrence|title=Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and te principality of Tarragona 1129–55|journal=Journal of Medieval History|year=1981|volume=7|issue=1|pages=67–82|doi=10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1}}</ref>