Harald Hardrada becomes King of Norway after the death of Magnus I.
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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.
Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV for a second time on March 7, 1080, during the Investiture Controversy, after Henry defied papal authority by appointing his own bishops and even an antipope, leading to renewed conflict after an earlier reconciliation in 1077.
Henry had been previously excommunicated in February 1076 for defying Gregory's authority by appointing bishops which led to the famous Henry IV penance at Canossa and reconciliation in 1077.
King Harald III of Denmark dies at the Battle of St. Alban's Priory.
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.
C. 1099, March 12
Crusaders start constructing siege engines for the siege of Arqa and later Jerusalem during the First Crusade.
Future 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.
King Baldwin I of Jerusalem dies.