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February 2011 1086 1086 upright=1.35|thumb|Pope Victor III (c. 1026–1087) Year 1086 (MLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe October 23 – Battle of Sagrajas: Spanish forces under King Alfonso VI ("the Brave") of Castile are defeated by the Moors and their allies, the Almoravids, who have been invited to help on orders by Emir Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad. Siege of Syracuse (1086) – Norman forces under Count Roger I ("Bosso") conquer Syracuse, the last Muslim stronghold in Sicily.Dobson R. B. Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages 2000 Routledge New York 1-57958-282-6 https://books.google.com/books?id=om4olQhrE84C&q=gran+tavola+bonsignori 1349 England August 1 – King William the Conqueror calls for a meeting at Old Sarum, where he invites his major vassals and tenants-in-chief to swear allegiance to him. This is known as the Oath of Salisbury. The Domesday Book is completed. Drawn up on the orders of William I; it describes in detail the landholdings and resources in England. The population in England is estimated to be 1.25 million citizens with 10% living in boroughs.W. G. Hoskins. The Making of the English Landscape. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955; also Pelican Books, 1970. Seljuk Empire Summer – Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, ruler of the Turks in Rum, is killed by Emir Tutush I in the battle of Ain Salm near Antioch. Suleiman's 7-year-old son Kilij Arslan I is captured and transferred as hostage to Isfahan (modern Iran).Basan Osman Aziz The Great Seljuqs: A History 2010 Routledge 978-1136953934 91 Sultan Malik-Shah I rebuilds the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf (modern Iraq), after it was destroyed by fire. By topic Religion May 24 – Pope Victor III succeeds Gregory VII as the 158th pope of the Catholic Church, though he does not accept election until 1087. Births April 24 – Ramiro II ("the Monk"), king of Aragon (d. 1157) August 11 – Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1125)Henry V Holy Roman emperor https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-V-Holy-Roman-emperor Encyclopedia Britannica 21 October 2020 en August 20 – Bolesław III Wrymouth, duke of Poland (d. 1138) al-Shahrastani, Persian scholar and historian (d. 1153) Þorlákur Runólfsson, Icelandic bishop (d. 1133) Vicelinus, bishop of Oldenburg in Holstein (d. 1154) Zhang Jun, Chinese general and official (d. 1154) Deaths March 15 – Richilde, countess and regent of Flanders March 18 – Anselm of Lucca, Italian bishop (b. 1036) May 21 – Wang Anshi, Chinese chancellor (b. 1021) July 10 – Canute IV ("the Holy"), king of Denmark July 14 – Toirdelbach Ua Briain, Irish king (b. 1009) July 17 – García Ramírez, Aragonese bishop August 8 – Conrad I, count of Luxembourg (b. 1040) September 25 – William VIII, duke of Aquitaine October 11 – Sima Guang, Chinese politician (b. 1019) October 23 – Rodrigo Muñoz, Galician nobleman December 25 – Judith of Bohemia, duchess of Poland Gregory Pakourianos, Byzantine politician and general, killed in battle Huizong, Chinese emperor (Western Xia) (b. 1060) Mael Ísu Ua Brolcháin, Irish monk and writer Muhammad ibn Ammar, Moorish poet (b. 1031) Odo I of Furneaux (or 'Eudes'), French nobleman (b. 1040) Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, ruler of the Sultanate of Rum, killed in battle References