What Happened in 1100

Major Events

  • May 30 Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht
  • Aug 2 King William II of England (William Rufus) is killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrell while hunting in the New Forest
  • Aug 5 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey, London
  • Dec 25 Boudouin I of Boulogne crowned King of Jerusalem

Born in 1100

  • May 23 Qinzong, last Emperor of Song Dynasty in China, born in China (d. 1161)

Who Died in 1100

  • Feb 23 Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)
  • Jul 18 Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies
  • Aug 2 William II [Rufus], king of England, shot hunting in the New Forest at 44
  • Sep 8 Antipope Clement III [Guibert of Ravenna], Italian archbishop, and1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies at about 75 [birthdate uncertain]
  • Sep 16 Bernold of Constance, German chronicler (b. 1054)

More 1100 Deaths

Famous Weddings in 1100

  • Nov 11 English King Henry I marries Princess Matilda of Scotland at Westminster Abbey in London



World Leaders in 1100