1117

Events

Africa
  • Conflict between the independent republics of Mahdia and Gabes in Ifriqiya.[1] Madhia is supported by the Zirid dynasty while Gabes receives the aid of the Roger I of Sicily.

Asia
  • Pelusium is destroyed by Baldwin I of Jerusalem.
  • Miidera and the sohei of Enryakuji attack Nara, Japan.

Europe

By topic

Education

Technology
  • The earliest use of a compass for navigational purposes is recorded.

Births
  • Humphrey II of Toron, Constable of Jerusalem

Deaths
  • April 16 – Saint Magnus, Earl of Orkney (executed)
  • December 9 – Gertrud of Brunswick, Markgräfin of Meißen
  • Anselm of Laon, French theologian
  • Ivo of Chartres, French canon lawyer (b. 1040)
  • Bertrade de Montfort, wife of Fulk IV of Anjou and Philip I of France
  • Li Zhiyi, Chinese poet

References
  1. Bresc, Henri (2003). "La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age" (PDF). Retrieved January 27, 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.84.
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