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Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary

Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary

Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary

Events Before

  1. English King Henry I marries Princess Matilda of Scotland at Westminster Abbey in London

    Matilda of Scotland (originally christened Edith, 1080 – 1 May 1118), also known as Good Queen Maud, was Queen consort of England and Duchess of Normandy as the first wife of King Henry I.

  2. Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht

    Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht

  3. King William II of England (William Rufus) is killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrell while hunting in the New Fore

    King William II of England (William Rufus) is killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrell while hunting in the New Forest

  4. Henry I of Limburg becomes Duke of Lower Lorraine

    Henry I of Limburg becomes Duke of Lower Lorraine

  5. Dedication of the transept and choir of Abbey of Ste Madeleine Vezelay, France, a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture

    Dedication of the transept and choir of Abbey of Ste Madeleine Vezelay, France, a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture and an important place of pilgrimage

Events After

  1. Henry I of Limburg loses the duchy of Lower Lorraine to Godfrey of Louvain

    Henry I of Limburg loses the duchy of Lower Lorraine to Godfrey of Louvain

  2. Henry IV dies

    Henry IV dies

  3. Louis VI "The Fat," King of France, is crowned at the cathedral in Orléans after his half-brother prevents him from reac

    Louis VI "The Fat," King of France, is crowned at the cathedral in Orléans after his half-brother prevents him from reaching Reims

  4. Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli

    Evidence of settlement in Tripoli dates back as early as 1400 BCE. Tripoli was originally a Phoenician colony.

  5. Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath

    Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath

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