| | DL : | She-tsung, Emperor of China: nationalisation of agricultural production and distribution | | PH : | Nationalist risings in the north and west of England crushed by William I | | VA : | Shotoku Taishi Eden, oldest extant painting of Yamatoe style |
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| | PH : | Rising in Ely under Hereward | | PH : | Bavaria bestowed upon Welf IV by Henry IV | | DL : | Amalfi merchants found in Jerusalem the Order of St. John |
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| | PH : | Normans conquer last Byzantine possessions in Italy | | PH : | Romanus IV defeated and captured by Seljuks at Manzikert | | PH : | Michael VII, Eastern Emperor | | ST : | Constantine the African brings Greek medicine to Western world |
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| | PH : | Normans under Robert Guiscard conquer Palermo |
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| | RP : | Pope Gregory VII, Hildebrand of Soana | | RP : | Reorganisation of Eng. Church; York subordinated to Canterbury |
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| | PH : | Peace of Gerstungen between Henry IV and the Saxons | | PH : | Geza I, King of Hungary | | RP : | Excommunication of married priests |
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| | PH : | Syria and Palestine subdued by Seljuk leader Malik Shah | | RP : | Dictatus papae on papal world dominance |
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| | PH : | Gregory VII, challenged by Ger. bishops at the Synod of Worms, dethrones and excommunicates Henry IV |
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| | PH : | Boleslav II of Poland takes Kiev | | PH : | Romanus IV, Eastern Emperor | | VA : | Work begins on Bayeux tapestry | | PH : | Henry IV goes as penitent to Canossa and is absolved by Gregory VII | | RP : | First Eng. Cluniac monastery at Lewes |
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| | PH : | Nicephorus III, Eastern Emperor | | DL : | Building of Tower of London begins |
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| | DL : | Founding of Newcastle |
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| | PH : | Canute IV, the Saint, King of Denmark | | PH : | Henry IV again deposed and excommunicated | | PH : | Armenian state established in Cilicia | | ST : | Toledan table of positions of stars |
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| | PH : | Alexius I Comnenus, Eastern Emperor | | DL : | Commercial treaty between Venice and Byzantium |
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| | PH : | Henry IV extends the "Peace of God" over his whole empire | | PH : | Toledo taken from the Arabs by Alfonso VI | | PH : | Vratislav, Duke of Bohemia, crowned king |
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| | PH : | Almoravid dynasty revives Mohammedan rule in Spain | | DL : | Compilation of Domesday book (survey of assessment for tax) | | RP : | Pope Victor III | | RP : | Bruno of Cologne founds Carthusian Order |
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| | PH : | William the Conqueror dies; succeeded by William II "Rufus" in England and Robert in Normandy GO ! | | DL : | St. Paul's, London, burns down and is rebuilt |
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| | DL : | The Patzinak Turks settle between the Danube and the Balkans | | RP : | Pope Urban II |
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| | PH : | Ingo I, King of Sweden | | ST : | The first water-driven mechanical clock constructed in Peking |
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| | PH : | Treaty of Caen between William II and Robert of Normandy | | ST : | Walcher of Malvern notes eclipse of the moon in Italy |
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| | PH : | William II conquers Cumberland | | PH : | Vratislav II of Bohemia dies | | PH : | Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah dies; capital moved from Iconium to Smyrna |
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| | PH : | Malcom of Scotland killed during invasion of England; succeeded by his brother Donald Bane | | RP : | Hugh le Gros founds Benedictine monastery, Chester |
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| | PH : | The Cid takes Valencia from the Moors | | DL : | The first record of gondolas in Venice |
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| | PH : | Eric I, King of Denmark | | PH : | The Hungarians conquer Croatia and Dalmatia | | RP : | Council of Clermon: Pope Urban II proclaims First Crusade |
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| | PH : | Start of the First Crusade with Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lorraine, and Tancred, nephew of Robert Guiscard |
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| | PH : | Edgar, son of Malcom, becomes King of Scotland |
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| | M : | Hildegard von Bingen born | | PH : | Louis VI made coregent of Philip I of France | | PH : | Orkneys, Hebrides, and Isle of Man seized by Magnus II of Norway | | RP : | Monastery of Citeaux, the first Cistercian house, founded by St. Robert | | ST : | Nicholas Prevost of Tours: Antidotarum, a collection of 2650 medical prescriptions from Salerno |
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| | PH : | Crusaders take Jerusalem; Godfrey, appointed Defender of the Holy Sepulcher, defeats Egyptians at Ascalon | | RP : | Pope Paschal II |
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| | PH : | William Rufus killed accidentally by Sir Walter Tyrel in the New Forest; succeeded by Henry I GO ! | | PH : | Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem | | LT : | Chanson de Roland, Fr. heroic poem | | DL : | The dialect of the Il-de-France becomes the prevailing idiom of France | | DL : | Middle English supersedes Old English | | VA : | Appearance of Gothic architecture | | M : | Beginnings of secular music | | M : | Music school of St. Martial at Limoges develops polyphonic style | | ST : | Decline of Islamic science begins | | DL : | Munich and Stettin mentioned in records | | ST : | Probable colonisation of Polynesia from S. America |
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| | PH : | Treaty of Alton; Robert of Normandy is bought off after invading England | | PH : | King Conrad dies | | PH : | Roger II, Count of Sicily | | PH : | Minsk, capital of independent principality | | PH : | Accession of the Emperor Hai-tsung |
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| | PH : | Boleslav III, Duke of Poland |
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| | PH : | Magnus III of Norway invades Ireland and is killed | | PH : | Public Peace of Mainz for the Holy Roman Empire |
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| | PH : | Henry IV is captured by his son and abdicates | | DL : | Colonisation of eastern Germany begins |
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| | PH : | Henry IV dies; succeeded by Henry V, the last Salic emperor |
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| | PH : | Edgar of Scotland dies; succeeded by his brother Alexander I |
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| | PH : | Philip I of France dies; succeeded by Louis VI |
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| | LT : | Earliest record of a miracle play, Dunstable, England |
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| | PH : | Henry V crowned emperor in Rome |
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| | PH : | Henry V excommunicated by the Synod of Vienne |
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| | PH : | Balearic Islands conquered by Pisa | | PH : | Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Duke of Kiev | | ED : | "Leges Henrici" codified | | RP : | Order of Knights Hospitalers of St. John, Jerusalem, founded | | RP : | St. Bernard joins the Cistercian Order |
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| | PH : | Stephen II, King of Hungary | | PH : | State of Chin established in northern China | | PH : | Florence becomes free republic | | RP : | Founding of Clairvaux with St. Bernard as first abbot |
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| | PH : | John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor | | RP : | Pope Galasius II |
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| | PH : | Charles the Good, Count of Flanders | | RP : | Pope Calixtus II, a Burgundian monk | | ED : | Bologna University founded |
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| | PH : | Peace between Henry I of England and Louis VI of France | | PH : | Disaster of the "White Ship"; the only legitimate son of Henry I of England drowned off Harfleur | | RP : | Full development of Scholastic philosophy | | DL : | The Chinese may have invented playing cards |
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| | PH : | The Ger. princes meet at Würzburg to work out a compromise between the pope and Emperor Henry V | | RP : | The Synod of Soissons condemns Abelard's teachings on the Trinity |
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| | PH : | The Byzantines exterminate Patzinak Turks | | PH : | Henry I creates earldom of Gloucester for his illegitimate son Robert of Caen | | RP : | Concordat of Worms settles investiture question |
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| | PH : | The Byzantine Emperor John II defeats Serbs | | RP : | First Lateran Council suppresses simony and marriage of priest | | DL : | Founding of St. Bartholomew's hospital, London |
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| | PH : | Alexander I of Scotland dies; suceeded by David I | | PH : | The Emperor John II defeats Hungarians | | RP : | William of Malmesbury: On the Antiquity of the Church of Glastonbury | | RP : | Pope Honorius II | | DL : | First Scottish coinage struck |
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| | PH : | Henry V dies; succeeded by Lothar of Saxony as king | | ED : | Tarnenari: O-Kagami, Japanese history | | M : | Beginning of troubadour and trouvère music in France | | ST : | Alexander Neckam: De utensilibus (earliest account of mariner's compass) |
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| | PH : | The Eng. barons accept Matilda, widow of Emperor Henry V and daughter of Henry I of England, as successor to Henry I GO ! | | PH : | Lothar III makes his son-in-law Henry the Proud (Welf) Duke of Bavaria, and (from 1137) Duke of Saxony | | DL : | Venetian commercial privileges in Byzantine Empire renewed |
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| | PH : | Alfonso I, King of Portugal | | RP : | Order of the Templars recognised by the pope | | RP : | Abbey of Holyrood founded by David I of Scotland |
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| | PH : | Roger II crowned King of Sicily at Palermo | | RP : | Pope Innocent I | | RP : | Anaceltus II, antipope; a distinguished scholar and diplomat, he is canonically more acceptable than Innocent II but fails to get secular backing because he is the son of a rich, converted Jew, founder of the influential Pierleani family |
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| | DL : | Henry I of France grants charters of corporate towns protecting commerce and industry |
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| | PH : | Lothar III crowned emperor by Pope Innocent II | | RP : | Diocese of Carlisle founded | | DL : | St. Bartholomew's Fair, Smithfield, London (until 1855) |
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| | PH : | The Emperor Lothar III invests Albert the Bear with the Nordmark |
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| | PH : | King Conrad, Frederick of Swabia, the King of Denmark, and the Duke of Poland submit to Lothar III | | PH : | King Henry I of England dies; succeeded by his nephew Stephen of Boulogne, a grandson of William the Conqueror GO ! | | PH : | Foundation of the Italian line of the House of Este |
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