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1105

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Year 1105 (MCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Asia

  • The Tamna Kingdom is annexed by the Korean Goryeo Dynasty.

    • Africa

  • The crusaders attack Mahdia.

    • Europe

  • December 31 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is deposed by his son, Henry V.
  • The Almoravid emir, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, sends a maritime expedition to Palestine from Sevilla to ward off the Crusaders and maybe to reconquer Jerusalem. The fleet of more or less seventy ships rush into a storm in the Mediterranean and is never seen again.
  • Roger II of Sicily becomes the Count of Sicily.
  • Upon the death of Inge the Elder, he is succeeded by his nephew Philip as king of Sweden.
  • First mention of the consuls of Pavia indicating that the city has become an independent commune.

    • Religion

  • Sylvester IV is elected antipope in Rome by the supporters of the Holy Emperor.

    • Births

  • March 1 – Alfonso VII of Castile (d. 1157)
  • Sovereign Countess Matilda of Boulogne, queen of England, wife of Stephen of England (d. 1152)
  • Melisende of Jerusalem (d. 1161)
  • Ibn Tufail, Andalusian philosopher, physician and official (approximate date; d. 1185)
  • Rolando Bandinelli, future pope Alexander III (d. 1181)

    • Deaths

  • February 28 – Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (b. c. 1042)
  • July 13 – Rashi, Jewish commentator on the Tanakh and Talmud (b. 1040)
  • Inge the Elder, king of Sweden since 1080
  • Huang Tingjian, famous Chinese calligrapher, painter, and poet (born 1045)

    • References

    1105 Wikipedia
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