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Events

The County of Portugal is established for the second time by Count Henry of Burgundy.
Pembroke Castle is built in Wales.
The cathedral in Valence, France is consecrated.
Coloman becomes King of Hungary.
March — Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus sends ambassadors to Pope Urban II, at the Council of Piacenza, to discuss sending mercenaries against the Seljuk Turks.
November 18 — The Council of Clermont begins. The council is called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
November 27 — Pope Urban II preaches the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont; Peter the Hermit begins to preach throughout France.
Overpopulation in France, according to Pope Urban II.
November 28 — On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.

Births

Usamah ibn Munqidh, Muslim chronicler

Amadeus III of Savoy

Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk

Kogyo-Daishi, restorer of Shingon Buddhism in Japan

Deaths

January 19 — Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester

June 26 - Robert, Bishop of Hereford

July 29 — King Ladislaus I of Hungary

October 12 — Margrave Leopold II of Austria

Shen Kuo, polymath Chinese scientist of Song Dynasty ChinaFurther Information

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