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1106

The leader of Spain and North Africa, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, dies.

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1105

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor deposed by his son, Henry V.

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1104

One of Iceland's most prominent and active volcanoes, Hekla lies near the southern end of the eastern rift zone. Hekla's first historical eruption in 1104 was one of the largest in Iceland's recorded history.

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1103

Amadeus III becomes Count of Savoy

France

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1102

coronation of Coloman of Hungary in the town of Biograd, adding the Croatian duchies of Slavonia and Dalmatia to the crown of Hungary (Personal union with Hungary).

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1101

Baldwin I of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem, captures Arsuf (in April) and Caesarea (in May)

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1100

Early in the year 1100 AD the building of a monastery at Selje was started, dedicated to the English saint Albanus (brother of Sunniva according to the tradition).

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1099

# Siege of Jerusalem during the First Crusade:

* June 7 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.
* July 8 - 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march around Jerusalem.
* January 13 - Crusaders set fire to Mara, Syria.
* July 15 - Christian soldiers under Godfrey of Bouillon, Robert II of Flanders, Raymond IV of Toulouse and Tancred take Jerusalem after a difficult siege, killing nearly every inhabitant.

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1098

December 12 - massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan where Crusaders resort to cannibalism.

Syria

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1097

Crusaders besiege Nicaea, win the Battle of Dorylaeum, and capture Latakia from the Seljuk Turks, and begin the siege of Antioch.