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Events
- July 18 - Baldwin I becomes King of Jerusalem.
- August 5 — Henry I becomes King of England.
- King Henry I proclaims the Charter of Liberties, one of the first examples of a constitution.
- 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 as regent of the Principality of Antioch.
- The cities of Kalmar, Kungälv, and Varberg, Sweden are chartered.
- In Iceland, the Althing decides that the laws should be transferred to a written form.
- Checkers is invented (approximate date).
- The Ancient Pueblo Peoples culture rises (approximate date).
- Oraibi becomes and remains the first and oldest populated settlement in the USA and what is now Arizona.
- The city of Cusco, Peru is founded.
- The Liao Dynasty crushes the Zubu and takes their khan prisoner.
- Song Dynasty China's population reaches roughly 100 million.
- In the Song Dynasty capital of Kaifeng, the number of registered people within the walls is 1,050,000; the army stationed there boosts the overall populace to some 1.4 million people.
- Genoa, Venice and Pisa gain trading privileges in return for their service in the Crusades.
Births
- May 23 — Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
- Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst, English conjoined twins (d. 1134)
- Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (d. 1148)
Deaths
- January 8 — Antipope Clement III
- February 23 — Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1077)
- July 18 — Godfrey of Bouillon, King of Jerusalem
- August 2 — William II of England
- September 16 — Bernold of Constance, German chronicler
- October 13 — Count Guy I of Ponthieu
- November 11 - Archbishop Thomas I of York
- December 22 — Duke Bretislav II of Bohemia
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