1096

Year 1096 (MXCVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 10th century11th century12th century
Decades: 1060s  1070s  1080s 1090s 1100s  1110s  1120s
Years: 1093 1094 109510961097 1098 1099
Peter the Hermit preaching in Cologne, to gather followers for the People's Crusade.

Events

  • Bernhard becomes Bishop of Brandenburg
  • First documented teaching at the University of Oxford
  • Beginning of the People's Crusade, the German Crusade, and the First Crusade
  • Vital I Michele is Doge of Venice
  • Peter I, King of Aragon, conquers Huesca
  • Phayao, now a province of Thailand, is founded as a kingdom
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