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Years: 1098 1099 1100 - 1101 - 1102 1103 1104

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

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

• A second wave of crusaders arrives in the newly established Kingdom of Jerusalem, after being heavily defeated by Kilij Arslan I at Heraclia. See Crusade of 1101.
• Raymond IV of Toulouse, count of Tripoli, takes Ankara from the Seljuk Turks.
• Robert Curthose signs the Treaty of Alton, giving up his claim to the Anglo-Norman throne and establishing Henry I as King of England.
• The County of Berg, Germany is established.
• Canute II of Denmark is canonized.

Births

• Heloise, lover of Pierre Abélard (died 1162)
• William Clito, Count of Flanders (died 1128)

Deaths

• June 22 - King Roger I of Sicily (b. 1031)
• July 27 - Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
• October 6 - Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order
• October 18 - Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (born 1053)
• Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester
• Su Shi, Chinese statesman and poet (born 1037)