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Year '''1111''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

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

==== Levant ====
* [[Battle of Shaizar]]: Sultan [[Muhammad I Tapar]] appoints [[Mawdud|Mawdud ibn Altuntash]], Turkic governor (''[[atabeg]]'') of [[Mosul]], to lead a Seljuk expedition against the Crusaders. The composite force includes Muslim contingents from [[Damascus]], [[Diyarbakır]], [[Ahlat]] and some Persian troops, headed by [[Bursuq ibn Bursuq]] from [[Hamadan]]. The Crusaders (16,000 men), led by King [[Baldwin I of Jerusalem]], are cut off from their supplies, and within two weeks (due to constant Seljuk skirmishes) forced to fall back on [[Apamea (Euphrates)|Afamiya]] in northern [[Syria]].<ref>[[Steven Runciman]] (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', pp. 98–99. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>
* Winter &ndash; Crusaders, led by Baldwin I, besiege [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]], without a supporting fleet. While besieging the town, a Byzantine embassy arrives in the Crusader camp. The Byzantines try to persuade Baldwin to join a coalition against [[Tancred, Prince of Galilee|Tancred]], Italo-Norman prince of [[principality of Galilee|Galilee]], but he refuses.<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of the Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', p. 75. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>

==== Europe====
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Salnitsa river]]: [[Vladimir II Monomakh|Prince Vladimir]] of [[Kievan Rus']] inflicts a crushing defeat on the [[Cumans]] (Polovtsy).
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry V]] is crowned as [[Holy Roman Emperor]] by [[Pope Paschal II]]. Henry returns to [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]] where he strengthens his power by granting privileges to the German nobles of the region of the [[Upper Rhine]].
* [[October 5]] &ndash; 18-year-old [[Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders|Baldwin VII]] succeeds his father, [[Robert II, Count of Flanders|Robert II]], as Count of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] until [[1119]].
* [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]] forces under [[Syr ibn Abi Bakr]] capture [[Santarém, Portugal|Santarém]] and [[Sintra]]. The efforts of the [[Berbers]] to reconquer lost ground lead to the sack of [[Coimbra]].<ref name=picard2000>{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique|year=2000|publisher=Maisonneuve & Larose|location=Paris|isbn=2-7068-1398-9|page=109}}</ref> The same year the city revolts against their lord in [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]].<ref>{{cite book|last=de Oliveira Marques|first=António Henrique|title=Histoire du Portugal et de son empire colonial|year=1998|publisher=Karthala|location=Paris|isbn=2-86537-844-6|page=44}}</ref>
* The commune of [[Lodi Vecchio]] (known as Laus Pompeia) is besieged and destroyed by Milanese troops in northern [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]].

==== Ireland ====
* [[Domnall Gerrlámhach]] (Ua Briain) becomes king of the [[Hebrides]] and the [[Isle of Man]], following a request from the people of the [[kingdom of Munster]] to send them a ruler.<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Moody, T. W. |editor2=Martin, F. X. |year=1967|title=The Course of Irish History|publisher=Mercier Press|location=Cork|page=116}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* The [[Donglin Academy]], a Chinese educational institution, is established in [[Wuxi]] during the [[Song dynasty|Northern Song dynasty]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* The [[Synod of Rathbreasail]] marks the transition of the [[Catholic Church in Ireland|Irish church]], from a [[Monasticism|monastic]] to a [[Diocese|diocesan]] structure.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso I]] (the Conqueror), King of [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]] (d. [[1185]])
* [[Agnes of Babenberg]], High Duchess of [[Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385)|Poland]] (d. [[1163]])
* [[Andrei Bogolyubsky]], Prince of [[Vladimir-Suzdal]] (d. [[1174]])
* [[Henry II, Duke of Limburg|Henry II]], Duke of [[Duchy of Limburg|Limburg]] ([[House of Ardenne]]) (d. [[1167]])
* [[Josceline de Bohon]], bishop of [[Diocese of Salisbury|Salisbury]] (d. [[1184]])
* [[Stephen of Armenia]], Armenian [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[1165]])


== Deaths ==
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[Piotr I (bishop of Wrocław)|Piotr I]] (or Peter), bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław|Wrocław]]
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Roger Borsa]], Italo-Norman nobleman
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Bohemond I of Antioch|Bohemond I]], Italo-Norman nobleman (b. [[1054]])
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Berthold II, Duke of Swabia|Berthold II]], German nobleman (b. [[1050]])
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Robert of Molesme]], French [[abbot]] (b. [[1028]])
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Yun Kwan]], Korean general (b. [[1040]])
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Vekenega]], Croatian abbess
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Robert II, Count of Flanders|Robert II]], Count of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] (b. [[1065]])
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Anna Polovetskaya]], Kievan princess
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Gómez González]], Castilian nobleman
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Otto II, Count of Habsburg|Otto II]], German nobleman
* [[December 19]] 
** [[Agnes of Rheinfelden]], German noblewoman
** [[Al-Ghazali]], Persian [[Schools of Islamic theology|theologian]] (b. [[1058]])
* [[Cadwgan ap Bleddyn]], Prince of [[Kingdom of Powys|Powys]] (b. [[1051]])
* [[Iorwerth ap Bleddyn]], Prince of Powys (b. [[1053]])
* [[Ōe no Masafusa]], Japanese [[Japanese poetry|poet]] and writer (b. [[1041]])
* [[Richard II of Gaeta|Richard II]], Italian consul and Duke of [[Duchy of Gaeta|Gaeta]]

== References ==
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