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Anti-pope Clement crowns German King Hendrik IV as Holy Roman Emperor

Anti-pope Clement crowns German King Hendrik IV as Holy Roman Emperor

Anti-pope Clement crowns German King Hendrik IV as Holy Roman Emperor

Events Before

  1. Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor

    Alexios I Komnenos, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118.

  2. Battle of Dyrrhachium: Southern Italian Normans under Robert Guiscard defeat Byzantine army under Alexios I Komnenos (mo

    Battle of Dyrrhachium: Southern Italian Normans under Robert Guiscard defeat Byzantine army under Alexios I Komnenos (modern Durrës, Albania)

  3. Emperor Henry V is born

    Emperor Henry V is born

  4. Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia defeats Leopold II, Margrave of Austria

    Leopold II (1050 – 12 October 1095), known as Leopold the Fair (German: Luitpold der Schöne), a member of the House of Babenberg, was Margrave of Austria from 1075 until his death in 1095.

  5. Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated

    Ramon Berenguer II the Towhead or Cap de estopes (1053 or 1054 – December 5, 1082) was Count of Barcelona from 1076 until his death.

Events After

  1. Alfonso VI of León and Castile captures the Muslim taifa of Toledo

    Alfonso VI of León and Castile captures the Muslim taifa of Toledo

  2. San Marcos ministry in Venice initiated

    San Marcos ministry in Venice initiated

  3. Results of the Domesday inquiry are presented to William the Conqueror in Salisbury (the date of compilation and the Gre

    Results of the Domesday inquiry are presented to William the Conqueror in Salisbury (the date of compilation and the Great Domesday are historically contestable)

  4. Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III

    Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III

  5. Battle of az-Zallaqah: Almoravid army of Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeats the forces of Castilian King Alfonso VI

    The Battle of Sagrajas (23 October 1086), also called Zalaca or Zallaqah, was a conflict fought in 1086 between the Almoravid army, led by their king, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, and the forces of King...

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