Browse Historical Events by Month: What Happened in March?

Anselm of Canterbury becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.

Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, is born in Cheapside, London.

Empress Matilda, future claimant to the English throne, is born.

Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, dies.

Baldwin I of Jerusalem is crowned as the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

The University of Bologna, the oldest university in the world, is founded.

Crusaders besiege Sidon but fail to capture it during the Crusade of 1101.

Crusaders lay siege to the city of Tripoli in modern-day Lebanon during the Crusade of 1101.

Maginulfo is elected as the Antipope Sylvester IV, challenging Pope Paschal II.

1107, March 8 - Edgar, King of Scotland, dies.

King Baldwin I of Jerusalem dies.

Pope Paschal II crowns Henry V as Holy Roman Emperor.

Baldwin II becomes the King of Jerusalem.

Pope Gelasius II excommunicates Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.

The Council of Nablus is convened by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem.

Alfonso VII becomes the King of Galicia, Leon, and Castile.

King Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Conrad III is crowned as the King of Germany.

Pierre Abélard, a French philosopher, dies.

The Second Crusade: Bernard of Clairvaux preaches in favour of a crusade at Vézelay.