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First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later
After a five-month siege during the First Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch
Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch
The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade
Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by sultan Kilij Arslan I.
First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the…
A Seljuk Turkish army successfully ambushes the People's Crusade at the Battle of Civetot.
El Cid and his forces defeat a larger army of the Almoravids in the battle of Cuarte.
Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos
The first synod of pope Urban II starts in Melfi, with seventy bishops and twelve abbots in attendance. The synod…
Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Shah, defeats Suleiman ibn Qutalmish, the Turkish ruler of Anatolia in the battle
Spanish Reconquista: At the Battle of Sagrajas, the Almoravids defeat the Castilians, but are unable to take advantage…
The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
Election of Pope Gregory VII following the death of Pope Alexander II
The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia.
Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands with Tostig Godwinson at the mouth of the Humber River and begins his invasion of…
At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.
In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of…
William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.