Editing 1100 (section)

==== Europe ====
[[File:Death of William Rufus.jpg|upright=0.7|thumb|right|2 August: death of [[William II of England]] during a hunt, killed by an arrow of [[Walter Tirel]].]]
* [[August 2]] – King [[William II of England|William II]] (or William Rufus) dies in a [[hunting]] accident in the [[New Forest]]. Sir [[Walter Tirel]] is accused of having shot the arrow, but flees the country to avoid a trial. [[Henry I of England|Henry I]] claims the throne.
* [[August 5]] – Henry I is crowned [[List of monarchs of England|King of England]], at [[Westminster Abbey]]. The power of the new monarch is ill-assured, and to mollify the barons he has to grant them the [[Charter of Liberties]], one of the first examples of a written [[constitution]] in [[Europe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vi.uh.edu/pages/bob/elhone/comcrts.html |title=Communal Courts |access-date=2010-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623154402/http://vi.uh.edu/pages/bob/elhone/comcrts.html |archive-date=23 June 2010 }}</ref>
* [[August 30]] – After the failure of the [[Council of Liubech]] in [[1097]], the Congress of Vytechev establishes peace and the feudal system in [[Kievan Rus]]; the princes come to an agreement to share the country between them. [[Sviatopolk II of Kiev]] becomes the first Grand Prince.
* [[September 16]] – [[Battle of Malagon]]: The Almoravid army defeats the Castellan troops.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Buresi|first=Pascal|title=La frontière entre chrétienté et islam dans la péninsule Ibérique|year=2004|publisher=Publibook|isbn=978-2-7483-0644-6}}</ref>
* [[September 23]] – [[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]] returns from [[exile]], at the invitation of Henry I.
* [[October 18]] – [[Peter I of Aragon]] conquers [[Barbastro]] (modern [[Spain]]) from the hands of the [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravids]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sénac|first=Philippe|title=La frontière et les hommes, VIIIe-XIIe siècle|year=2000|publisher=Maisonneuve et Larose|isbn=978-2-7068-1421-1}}</ref><ref name=victor>{{Cite book|last=Catlos|first=Brian A.|title=The victors and the vanquished: Christians and Muslims of Catalonia and Aragon, 1050–1300|year=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=0-521-82234-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EoDuA8fv9rEC&q=christian+mercenaries+maghrib|page=13}}</ref>
* [[November 11]] – Henry I marries [[Matilda of Scotland]], the daughter of King [[Malcolm III of Scotland|Malcolm III]] and a direct descendant of the Saxon king [[Edmund Ironside]].
* [[November 18]] – The Council of [[Poitiers]] opens, but is soon forcibly closed by [[William IX, Duke of Aquitaine|William IX]], duke of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]], as the bishops are about to excommunicate King [[Philip I of France|Philip I]] once more.<ref>{{Cite book|last=O'Reilly|first=Patrice-John|title=Histoire complète de Bordeaux, Volume 1, Parties 1 à 2|year=1857|publisher=Delmas}}</ref> 
* [[December 25]] – Philip I elevates his son [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] as co-ruler to the government of the realm.
* Philip I conquers the [[Vexin]] area, and adds the city of [[Bourges]] and the province of [[Berry]] to his estate.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hoefer|first=Jean|title=Nouvelle biographie générale|year=1862|publisher=Firmin Didot frères}}</ref>
* In [[Iceland]], the [[Althing]] decides that the laws should be transferred to a written form (approximate date).
* Intense urban activity in north and central Europe: [[Kalmar]] ([[Kungälv]]) and [[Varberg]] ([[Sweden]]) are chartered; The cities of [[Aach, Baden-Württemberg|Aach]] (southern [[Germany]]) and Nakléřov in [[Bohemia]] are created. The castle of [[List of castles in Hesse#Main-Taunus-Kreis|Burg Eppstein]] is built in central Germany.
* Henry I grants the ownership of [[Carisbrooke Castle]] on the [[Isle of Wight]] to [[Richard de Redvers]], a Norman nobleman.