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1109

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Year 1109 (MCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Africa

  • The Almoravid Ali ibn Yusuf organizes an auto-da-fé of the works of Al-Ghazali in front of the great mosque of Cordoba.

    • Asia

  • The Crusaders capture Tripoli and Beirut.

    • Europe

  • Fulk V becomes Count of Anjou.
  • August 10 – The Poles, led by Bolesław III Wrymouth, defeat the Pomeranians in the Battle of Nakło.
  • August 24 – The Poles defeat the Holy Roman Empire in the Battle of Głogów.
  • Alfonso I of Aragon marries Urraca of Castile.
  • The Almoravid army led by Ali ibn Yusuf fails to reconquer Toledo (lost in 1085).

    • Education

  • Anselm of Laon becomes chancellor of Laon.

    • Births

  • July 25 – King Afonso I of Portugal (d. 1185; birthdate disputed)

    • Deaths

  • April 21 – Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • April 28 – Abbot Hugh of Cluny (b. 1024)
  • July 1 – King Alfonso VI of León and Castile (b. 1040)
  • William-Jordan, Count of Cerdagne and Tripoli

    • References

    1109 Wikipedia
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