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

Battle of Civitate: 3,000 horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX. (18. June 1053)

Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosull. (28. June 1098)

Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by sultan Kilij Arslan I. (1. July 1097)

William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigns until 1087. (3. July 1035)

A supernova is seen by Chinese, Arab and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula. (4. July 1054)

The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel takes place. (6. July 1044)

First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on. (8. July 1099)

First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege. (15. July 1099)

Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East–West Schism. (16. July 1054)

First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. (22. July 1099)

Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. (27. July 1054)

Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion – Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6. (29. July 1014)

Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen. (29. July 1018)

Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes. (29. July 1030)

Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII. (31. July 1009)

Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey. (3. August 1031)

Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari. (5. August 1068)

Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. (5. August 1100)

First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. (12. August 1099)

Pope Paschal II succeeds Pope Urban II as the 160th pope. (13. August 1099)