1111
Death of al-Ghazali
The great Persian theologian who had walked out of his Baghdad professorship at forty, suffered a crisis of faith, spent a decade wandering as a Sufi…
Su Song's astronomical clock at Kaifeng
In the Song capital, the polymath official Su Song completed and described a thirty-foot-tall water-driven clock tower with an armillary sphere, celestial…
Ananda Temple completed at Pagan
King Kyansittha's architectural masterwork rose complete above the dusty Burmese plain at Pagan - a perfectly symmetrical cruciform temple housing…
Henry V crowned Holy Roman Emperor
After kidnapping Pope Paschal II and extracting an agreement at swordpoint in St. Peter's, Henry received the imperial crown from a pope whose fingers…
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1111?
Saeculum lists 4 events from 1111. The most significant is Death of al-Ghazali.
What era was 1111 part of?
1111 falls within the High Middle Ages (1000-1300). Crusades, cathedrals, and the slow waking of Europe.
Which regions saw notable events in 1111?
The events from 1111 span Middle East, East Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe.