1091
year
1091 (MXCI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1091st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 91st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 11th century, and the 2nd year of the 1090s decade. As of the start of 1091, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1060s 1070s 1080s – 1090s – 1100s 1110s 1120s |
| Years: | 1088 1089 1090 – 1091 – 1092 1093 1094 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1091 MXCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1844 |
| Armenian calendar | 540 ԹՎ ՇԽ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5841 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1012–1013 |
| Bengali calendar | 498 |
| Berber calendar | 2041 |
| English Regnal year | 4 Will. 2 – 5 Will. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1635 |
| Burmese calendar | 453 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6599–6600 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 3787 or 3727 — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3788 or 3728 |
| Coptic calendar | 807–808 |
| Discordian calendar | 2257 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1083–1084 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4851–4852 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1147–1148 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1012–1013 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4191–4192 |
| Holocene calendar | 11091 |
| Igbo calendar | 91–92 |
| Iranian calendar | 469–470 |
| Islamic calendar | 483–484 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanji 5 (寛治５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 995–996 |
| Julian calendar | 1091 MXCI |
| Korean calendar | 3424 |
| Minguo calendar | 821 before ROC 民前821年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −377 |
| Seleucid era | 1402/1403 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1633–1634 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1217 or 836 or 64 — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1218 or 837 or 65 |
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Events
changeBy area
changeEurope
change- King William II of England invades Normandy.
- Ladislaus I of Hungary occupies Slavonia.
- King Stjepan II of Croatia, the last member of the Trpimirović dynasty, died without leaving anyone to inherit his thrown and title.
British Isles
change- October 17 – London Tornado of 1091: A T8/F4 tornado is recorded in St Mary-le-Bow of London, England; the storm destroys London Bridge.
- Henry, the third son of William the Conqueror, is forced to give up his property of Cotentin in Normandy after his two older brothers, William Rufus and Robert Curthose, make a peace agreement.
- King Malcolm III of Scotland makes an unsuccessful attempt to invade English territory, but is finally forced to give a public statement of allegiance to King William II of England.
- Cardiff Castle is built.
Mediterranean
change- April 29 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs surround and attack Constantinople, but are defeated so completely by Emperor Alexius I that they are completely eliminated.
- February; With the taking of Noto, the Normans complete the 30 year long takeover of Sicily from the Islamic rulers.
- The Islamic Abbadid dynasty ruling in Spain falls when the Almoravids storm Seville. Faced with this new threat, the king of Badajoz, al-Mutawakkil ibn al-Aftas, got the support of Castile in exchange for the Muslim positions on the Tagus river — Sintra, Santarém and Lisbon.[1]
- Roger Guiscard takes Malta.
By topic
changeReligion
change- Athanasius VI bar Khamoro becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
Deaths
change- June 17 – Dirk V, Count of Holland
- July 5 – Abbot William of Hirsau
- August 25 – Sisnando Davides, military leader
- December 19 – Adelaide of Susa, margravine of Turin
- date unknown –
Robert D'Oyly, first Lord of Oxford Castle
References
change- ↑ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.