1106
Great Comet blazes for forty nights
From Kaifeng to Canterbury, astronomers sketched the same brilliant visitor streaking across forty consecutive evenings.
Ali ibn Yusuf inherits the Almoravid empire
Yusuf ibn Tashfin, the Berber warlord who had bulldozed al-Andalus into his desert empire, died at a reported age of a hundred.
Death of Henry IV
Excommunicated, stripped, and abandoned, the old emperor died at Liege after a last desperate flight.
Battle of Tinchebray
Henry I of England crushed his brother Robert Curthose in a meadow in Normandy and locked him in Cardiff Castle for the remaining twenty-eight years…
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1106?
Saeculum lists 4 events from 1106. The most significant is Great Comet blazes for forty nights: From Kaifeng to Canterbury, astronomers sketched the same brilliant visitor streaking across forty consecutive evenings.
What era was 1106 part of?
1106 falls within the High Middle Ages (1000-1300). Crusades, cathedrals, and the slow waking of Europe.
Which regions saw notable events in 1106?
The events from 1106 span Europe and Africa.