1096

Events

* Bernard becomes Bishop of Brandenburg.
* In Ireland, the Diocese of Waterford is erected.
* The first documented teaching at the University of Oxford occurs.
* In England, Norwich School is founded as an episcopal Grammar School.
* The People's Crusade, the German Crusade, and the First Crusade begin.
* Vital I Michele becomes Doge of Venice.
* Peter I, King of Aragon, conquers Huesca.
* Phayao, now a province of Thailand, is founded as a kingdom.
* Late April - A large band of Crusaders approaches Speyer and murders 11 Jews.
* The University of Salerno is founded.

Births

* Hugh of St. Victor, scholar
* King Stephen of England (d. 1154)

Deaths

* Eudocia Macrembolitissa, empress of Byzantine Emperor Constantine X (b. 1021)
* William of St. Carilef, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England
* Walter the Penniless, a leader of the First Crusade
* Most of the Jewish population of Speyer, Germany during the First Crusade