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1103 CE

Matilda of Scotland, queen of England as wife of Henry I, gives birth to their first son William Adelin at Winchester. They already have a daughter, Princess Matilda. King Magnus III is killed in battle with the Ulaid in Ulster. Sigurd Jorsalfare, Øystein Magnusson and Olaf Magnusson succeed him as joint kings of Norway. Li Jie, Chinese government minister, publishes his Yingzao Fashi technical treatise on Chinese architecture, during the reign of Emperor Hui Zong of the Song Dynasty.

Conflict & Security

  • August 24 – King Magnus III is killed in battle with the Ulaid in Ulster. Sigurd Jorsalfare, Øystein Magnusson and Olaf Magnusson succeed him as joint kings of Norway.source
  • The Champa army, under king Jaya Indravarman II, raided Đại Việt's border and launched battles to retake three provinces in the Địa Lý regions.source
  • Summer – The Crusaders led by Bohemond I and Joscelin of Courtenay raid the territory of Aleppo to gain supplies. They capture the town of Muslimiyah, and extract a large tribute. Sultan Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, the Seljuk ruler of Aleppo, agrees to pay 7,000 gold pieces and ten horses to the Crusaders while Bohemond agrees to release all Seljuk prisoners captured at Muslimiyah.source
  • Lý Giác, a wizard, launched a rebellion against king Lý Nhân Tông of the Lý dynasty. The national army led by Lý Thường Kiệt quickly quelled the rebellion. Lý Giác then escaped to Champa and later provoked the war between the two countries which lasted for nearly 2 years.source
  • Spring – Bohemond I, Norman prince of Antioch, is released from Seljuk imprisonment at Niksar, after a ransom is paid of 100,000 gold pieces. During his absence, Tancred (Bohemond's nephew) attacks the Byzantines, and re-captures the cities of Tarsus, Adana and Mamistra in Cilicia. Tancred is deprived of his lordship by Bohemond's return, and is rewarded with a small fief within the Principality of Antioch.source
  • The Crusaders under Raymond IV invade the Beqaa Valley and capture Tortosa to isolate Tripoli. Raymond expands towards the Orontes River, and begins to build a castle on the Mons Peregrinus which helps in the Siege of Tripoli (see 1102). Emperor Alexios I supports the Crusaders by sending a Byzantine fleet (ten ships) to blockade the port of Tripoli.source

Religion & Belief

  • April 27 – Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, again goes into exile after a dispute with King Henry I over the appointment of bishops and abbots to important Church positions.source
  • The Scandinavian city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania becomes a see of the Catholic Church, namely the Archdiocese of Lund (approximate date).source

Culture & Society

  • August 5 – Matilda of Scotland, queen of England as wife of Henry I, gives birth to their first son William Adelin at Winchester. They already have a daughter, Princess Matilda.source
  • Li Jie, Chinese government minister, publishes his Yingzao Fashi technical treatise on Chinese architecture, during the reign of Emperor Hui Zong of the Song Dynasty.source

Births

  • February 24 – Toba, emperor of Japan (d. 1156)source
  • March 24 – Yue Fei, Chinese general and poet (d. 1142)source
  • August 5 – William Adelin, duke of Normandy (d. 1120)source
  • Adeliza of Louvain, queen of England (d. 1151)source
  • Aénor de Châtellerault, duchess of Aquitaine (d. 1130)source
  • Heilika of Lengenfeld, German countess (d. 1170)source
  • Vsevolod of Pskov, Kievan prince (approximate date)source
  • Alfonso I, count of Tripoli and Toulouse (d. 1148)source
  • Wivina, French Benedictine abbess (d. 1168)source
  • Henry II, margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (d. 1123)source
  • Rögnvald Kali Kolsson, Norwegian earl (d. 1158)source

Deaths

  • January 17 – Frutolf of Michelsberg, German monksource
  • March 18 – Sybilla of Conversano, Norman duchesssource
  • July 10 – Eric I, king of Denmarksource
  • August 24 – Magnus III, king of Norway (b. 1073)source
  • October 19 – Humbert II, count of Savoy (b. 1065)source
  • Boedil Thurgotsdatter, Danish queensource
  • Ebles II, French nobleman (House of Montdidier)source
  • Manegold of Lautenbach, German priest (b. 1030)source
  • Isaac Alfasi, Algerian Talmudist and posek (b. 1013)source
  • Al-Hakim al-Munajjim, Persian Nizari missionarysource
  • William Firmatus, Norman hermit and pilgrim (b. 1026)source
  • Henry I, German nobleman (House of Wettin)source
  • Sibylla of Burgundy, duchess of Burgundy (b. 1065)source
  • Osbern FitzOsbern, bishop of Exeter (b. 1032)source