WHAT HAPPENED IN 11. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the 11. century

The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin. (8. April 1093)

Bishop Stanislaus of Kraków is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland. (11. April 1079)

Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected king of the Germans. (14. April 1028)

Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard. (15. April 1071)

The King of Denmark Harald III dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. (17. April 1080)

Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. (18. April 1025)

Martyrdom of Ælfheah in Greenwich, London. (19. April 1012)

The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II (21. April 1092)

Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle. (23. April 1014)

Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England, (23. April 1016)

Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. (29. April 1091)

Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated. (9. May 1092)

Henry I of France is married to Anne of Kiev. (19. May 1051)

The Swedish town of Helsingborg is founded. (21. May 1085)

Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors. (25. May 1085)

The Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr took place in the context of the Fitna of al-Andalus resulting in a defeat for the Caliphate of Cordoba. (2. June 1010)

First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city. The second siege would later start on June 7. (2. June 1098)

Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor. (4. June 1039)

The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem began. (7. June 1099)

Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England. (8. June 1042)