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

King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. (14. August 1040)

Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria. (15. August 1018)

King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. (15. August 1040)

King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada. (15. August 1057)

The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England. (15. August 1070)

Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric. (20. August 1083)

Byzantine-Seljuk wars: Battle of Manzikert – Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captures Manzikert. (23. August 1071)

Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. (26. August 1071)

After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. (31. August 1056)

William II becomes King of England, taking the title King William II, (reigned until 1100). (9. September 1087)

Agnes de Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border-zone in present-day Burgenland. (20. September 1058)

Battle of Fulford, Viking Harold Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin (both died in the battle) (20. September 1066)

The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking invasions of England. (25. September 1066)

William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100. (26. September 1087)

William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme River, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. (27. September 1066)

William the Bastard (as he was known at the time) invades England beginning the Norman conquest of England. (28. September 1066)

Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia. (8. October 1075)

Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings – In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England. (14. October 1066)

Edgar the Ætheling proclaimed King of England, but never crowned. Reigned until 10 December 1066. (15. October 1066)

London Tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London. (17. October 1091)