1110

Events

By place

Levant

• Spring - Mawdud ibn Altuntash, Turkic ruler of Mosul, leads an expedition to capture the territories of the Crusaders east of the Euphrates River. He besieges the fortress city of Edessa, but is forced to retreat, when King Baldwin I of Jerusalem intervenes with a Crusader relief force.
• February–May - The Crusaders under Baldwin I besiege Beirut. The Genoese and Pisan ships blockade the harbour, Fatimid ships from Tyre and Sidon try in vain to break the blockade. The Fatimid governor flees by night through the Italian fleet to Cyprus. On May 13, Baldwin captures the city by assault. The Italians conduct an massacre among the inhabitants.
• October–December - The Crusaders under Balwin I besiege Sidon. Norwegian ships blockade the harbour – but are nearly dispersed by a powerful Fatimid flotilla from Tyre. They are saved by the arrival of a Venetian squadron under Doge Ordelafo Faliero. On December 4, the city capitulates to Baldwin.
• December - Tancred, Italo-Norman prince of Galilee, brings the Crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers in Syria under his control. He remains regent of the Principality of Antioch in the name of his cousin Bohemond II.

  Europe

• King Henry V invades Italy with a large army and concludes an agreement with Pope Paschal II at Sutri. Henry renounces the right of investiture in return that Paschal promises to crown him emperor and to restore to the Holy Roman Empire all the lands given to the German church.
• July 25 - Henry V marries the 8-year-old Matilda. She is crowned Queen of the Romans in a ceremony at Mainz. After the betrothal Matilda is placed into custody of Bruno, archbishop of Trier, who is tasked with educating her in German culture, manners and government.
• The dukedom of Bohemia is secured for Vladislaus I following the death of Svatopluk who is assassinated. Vladislaus receives support from Henry V and will rule until 1125.
• Almoravid forces under Sultan Ali ibn Yusuf occupy Zaragoza, bringing all of Andalusia's Muslim states under Almoravid control.

  England

• King Henry I has improvements made at Windsor Castle, including a chapel, so that he can use the castle as his formal residence.

  By topic

Literature

• The Rus' Primary Chronicle is completed. The work is considered to be a fundamental source in the history of the East Slavs.

  Religion

• Construction begins on Fontevraud Abbey in the French duchy of Anjou.

Births

• Aelred of Rievaulx, English Cistercian monk and abbot
• Abraham ben Isaac, Jewish rabbi and writer
• Abraham ibn Daud, Jewish astronomer and historian
• Walter FitzAlan, Scottish High Steward
• Clarembald of Arras, French theologian and writer
• Diarmait Mac Murchada, Irish king of Leinster
• Düsum Khyenpa, Tibetan spiritual leader
• Eudes of Deuil, French abbot and historian
• Gertrude of Sulzbach, German queen
• Gilbert Foliot, English abbot and bishop
• Hodierna of Jerusalem, countess of Tripoli
• Iowerth Goch ap Maredudd, Welsh prince
• John Tzetzes, Byzantine grammarian
• Kirik the Novgorodian, Russian monk and chronicler
• Lhachen Naglug, Indian ruler of Ladakh
• Liu Wansu, Chinese physician of the Jin Dynasty
• Eudes de St. Amand, French Grand Master
• Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo, Tibetan Buddhist monk
• Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall
• Robert of Torigni, Norman monk and abbot
• Rohese de Vere, countess of Essex
• Rostislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev
• Vladislaus II, king of Bohemia
• William III, count of Burgundy

  Deaths

• July 10 - Elias I, French nobleman
• November 12 - Gebhard III, bishop of Constance
• Lhachen Utpala, Indian king of Ladakh
• Li Jie, Chinese writer of the Song Dynasty
• Richard of Hauteville, Italo-Norman nobleman
• Robert of Hauteville, Italo-Norman nobleman
• Thiofrid, Benedictine abbot of Echternach
• Vijayabahu I, Sri Lankan king of Polonnaruwa
• William Bona Anima, archbishop of Rouen