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Harold defeats at Stamford Bridge the joint army of his brother Tostig and of the Norwegian king, Harald Hardraade
The Normans, as seen in the Bayeux tapestry, invade England in Viking longships with fortified platforms for archers
Harold, hurrying south to confront the Normans after his victory at Stamford Bridge, is defeated and killed at Hastings
William the Conqueror (William I) is crowned on Christmas Day at Westminster - giving the new abbey church two coronations and a royal funeral in its first year
The Burmese king Anawratha introduces Theravada Buddhism to the country, and about 90% of Burmese are today devout followers of the Buddhist faith
The campaigns of Alp Arslan, culminating in 1071, give the Seljuk Turks a lasting presence in Anatolia
The Seljuk Turks and the Byzantines meet in battle at Manzikert, with victory going to the Turks
Pope Gregory VII decrees that only the church may make ecclesiastical appointments, thus initiating the investiture controversy between pope and emperor
The emperor Henry IV stands as a penitent outside the pope's castle at Canossa, so as to be released from excommunication.
Anselm includes in his Proslogion his famous 'ontological proof' of the existence of God
Omar Khayyám, mathematician and astronomer, writes four-line verses, or quatrains, in his spare time
Work begins on the story of the Norman conquest, narrated in embroidery in the Bayeux tapestry
Norman earls are given territories on the marches of Wales, with the specific task of raiding their neighbours
Venice acquires valuable trading privileges from Constantinople, her merchants being excused all dues and customs in the Byzantine empire
St Bruno and six companions retire to Chartreuse, in the French Alps, and establish the Carthusian order
Toledo is captured from the Muslims by Alfonso VI of Castile, who continues the city's traditions of religious tolerance
On the death of his father, William the Conqueror, William II becomes king of England
The Domesday Book provides the Normans with an inventory of England
Roger I, the first Norman count of Sicily, completes the conquest of the island from the Muslims
Work begins on a new cathedral in Durham, which will become an outstanding example of Norman (or Romanesque) architecture
Rodrigo Diaz, known as El Cid, drives out the Muslims and wins Valencia
Pope Urban II preaches the first crusade, urging the Christians of Europe to march east to recover Jerusalem from the Muslims
Peter the Hermit, an old monk on a donkey, leads the largest of the popular groups from Germany on the first crusade
The German crusade begins with a massacre of Jews in many of the region's cities
Benedictine monks, wishing to return to the early ideals of the order, form a community at Cîteaux which becomes the Cistercian order
