- 1095
Events
* The County of
Portugal is established for the second time byCount Henry of Burgundy.
*Pembroke Castle is built inWales .
* The cathedral in Valence,France is consecrated.
* Coloman becomes King of Hungary.
*March —Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus sendsambassador s toPope Urban II , at theCouncil of Piacenza , to discuss sending mercenaries against theSeljuk Turks .
*November 19 — TheCouncil of Clermont begins. The council is called byPope Urban II to discuss sending theFirst Crusade to theHoly Land .
*November 27 —Pope Urban II preaches theFirst Crusade at theCouncil of Clermont ;Peter the Hermit begins to preach throughoutFrance .
*Overpopulation inFrance , according toPope Urban II .
*November 28 — On the last day of theCouncil of Clermont ,Pope Urban II appointsBishop Adhemar of Le Puy and CountRaymond IV of Toulouse to lead theFirst Crusade to theHoly Land .Births
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Usamah ibn Munqidh ,Muslim chronicle r
*Amadeus III of Savoy
*Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
*Kogyo-Daishi , restorer ofShingon Buddhism inJapan Deaths
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January 19 —Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
*June 26 - Robert, Bishop of Hereford
*July 29 — KingLadislaus I of Hungary
*October 12 — MargraveLeopold II of Austria
*Shen Kuo , polymath Chinese scientist ofSong Dynasty China
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