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1100

Years: 1097 1098 1099 - 1100 - 1101 1102 1103

Decades: 1070s 1080s 1090s - 1100s - 1110s 1120s 1130s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

• William II of England dies in a hunting accident - Henry I becomes King of England
• Baldwin I becomes King of Jerusalem.
• Baldwin of Bourcq becomes Count of Edessa.
• Dagobert of Pisa becomes Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
• Bohemund I of Antioch is captured by the Danishmends, leaving Tancred of Hauteville as regent of the Principality of Antioch.
• Latin Kingdom established by Crusaders, protected by Knights of St John the Hospitaller.
• The cities of Kalmar, Kungälv, and Varberg, Sweden are chartered.
• In Iceland, Althing decides that the laws should be transferred to a written form
• Approximate date of the invention of checkers.
• Approximate date of the rise of the Ancient Pueblo Peoples culture.

Births

• Geoffrey of Monmouth (approximate date)
• Herman of Carinthia (approximate date)
• Pope Adrian IV (approximate date)
• Albert I of Brandenburg (approximate date)

Deaths

• William II of England - August 2
• Godfrey of Bouillon, King of Jerusalem

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