1092 CE

Lincoln Cathedral, one of England's finest Gothic buildings, is consecrated. Synod of Szabolcs: King Ladislaus I of Hungary assembles a council of the prelates of his kingdom at the fortress of Szabolcs. Sultan Malik-Shah I dies after a 20-year reign while hunting. The Seljuk Empire falls into chaos: his brother Tutush I and rival successors carve up their own independent sultanates in the Middle East. Malik-Shah is succeeded by his son Mahmud I, but he does not gain control of the empire.

In the 1090s, the 11th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Summer – King William II annexes Cumbria from the Scottish Celtic kingdom of Strathclyde, and builds Carlisle Castle.source

Conflict & Security

  • Summer – Emperor Alexios I Komnenos bribes one of Kilij Arslan's (sultan of the Sultanate of Rum) officials to recover Sinope (the capital of Paphlagonia), and neighbouring coastal regions. He uses the Byzantine fleet to defeat the Seljuk navy off the coast of Cius in Bithynia.source

Religion & Belief

  • April 21 – The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the dignity of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II.source
  • May 11 – Lincoln Cathedral, one of England's finest Gothic buildings, is consecrated.source
  • May 21 – Synod of Szabolcs: King Ladislaus I of Hungary assembles a council of the prelates of his kingdom at the fortress of Szabolcs.source

Science & Discovery

  • Su Song, a Chinese statesman and scientist, publishes his Xin Yi Xiang Fa Yao, a treatise outlining the construction and operation of his complex astronomical clocktower, built in Kaifeng. It also includes a celestial atlas of five star maps.source

Births

  • Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, Tibetan Buddhist leader (died 1158)source
  • Fulk V ("the Younger"), Count of Anjou and king of Jerusalem (died 1143)source
  • Wartislaw I (or Warcisław), duke of Pomerania (approximate date)source
  • Zhang Jiucheng, Chinese politician (died 1159)source
  • Sybilla of Normandy, queen consort of Scotland (died 1122)source
  • Magnús Einarsson, Icelandic bishop of Skálholt (died 1148)source
  • Peter the Venerable, French monk and abbot (died 1156)source
  • Adélaide de Maurienne, queen consort of France (died 1154)source
  • Al-Mustarshid, caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (died 1135)source

Deaths

  • January 14 – Vratislaus II, the first king of Bohemia, dies after a 6½-year reign and is succeeded by his brother Conrad I who becomes duke and not king because Vratislaus was elevated to the royal dignity 'for life' by Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (in 1085). Conrad dies September 6 after a 8-month reign and is succeeded by his nephew Bretislav II (the eldest son of Vratislaus).source
  • January 14 – Vratislaus II, duke and king of Bohemiasource
  • May 7 – Remigius de Fécamp, bishop of Lincolnsource
  • September 6 – Conrad I, duke of Bohemiasource
  • October 14 – Nizam al-Mulk, Seljuk vizier (born 1018)source
  • November 19 – Sultan Malik-Shah I dies after a 20-year reign while hunting. The Seljuk Empire falls into chaos: his brother Tutush I and rival successors carve up their own independent sultanates in the Middle East. Malik-Shah is succeeded by his son Mahmud I, but he does not gain control of the empire.source
  • November 19 – Malik-Shah I, Seljuk sultan (born 1055)source
  • Bogumił, archbishop of Gniezno (approximate date)source
  • Jordan of Hauteville, Italo-Norman noblemansource
  • Bermudo Ovéquiz (or "Vermudo"), Spanish noblemansource
  • Richard de Montfort, French noblemansource
  • Helibo, Chinese nobleman and chieftain (born 1039)source
  • Abu'l-Qasim, Seljuk general and governorsource
  • Ermengol IV (or Armengol), count of Urgell (born 1056)source