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What Happened in 1071

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Major Events

  • Feb 22 Battle of Cassel; Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III/I
  • Apr 16 Bari falls to Robert Guiscard's Norman forces, ending Byzantine rule in Italy
  • Aug 26 Battle of Manzikert: Seljuq Turks led by sultan Alp Arslan beat and capture Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes

Born in 1071

  • Oct 22 William IX, the Troubadour, Frankish nobleman (Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Poitou, 1086-1127), Crusader, and poet, born in Aquitaine (d. 1127)

Who Died in 1071

  • Feb 22 Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle


World Leaders in 1071

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