What Happened in March?

Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.

King Mieszko II Lambert of Poland dies, leading to a period of instability.

Harald Hardrada becomes King of Norway after the death of Magnus I.

Edward the Confessor becomes the King of England.

The Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire, opening the door for Turkish conquest of Asia Minor.

Géza I becomes King of Hungary after being victorious at the decisive battle of Mogyoród  on March 14, 1074 against his cousin Solomon.

King Harald III of Denmark dies at the Battle of St. Alban's Priory.

Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, from the Moors after a siege.

Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, tries to take England but is repelled by King William II.

Bertha of Savoy, wife of Emperor Henry IV, is crowned Holy Roman Empress.

Crusaders capture the fortress of Arqa from the Fatimids in the First Crusade.

Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, is born in Cheapside, London. December 21, 1118

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.