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Italo-Normans

Ethnic group of southern Italy

13 dated entries naming Italo-Normans, drawn from 13 separate years between 1071 CE and 1182 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Italo-Norman, Siculo-Norman in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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11th century

  • 1071April 15 – Siege of Bari: The capital of Bari, the last Byzantine-controlled city in the Catepanate of Italy, is captured by Italo-Norman forces under Duke Robert Guiscard after a 32-month siege.source

12th century

  • 1118August 15 – Emperor Alexios I Komnenos dies after a 37-year reign, in which he has regained control over western Anatolia (modern Turkey). He stabilizes his frontiers against the wars with the Normans in the western Balkans, and the Seljuk Turks in the East. Alexios is succeeded by his 30-year-old son, John II Komnenos (the Good), as ruler of the Byzantine Empire.source
  • 1123August 9 – Battle of Al-Dimas: An Italo-Norman campaign in North Africa ends with their troops being massacred by Zirid forces near Mahdia (modern Tunisia).source
  • 1137An Almoravid fleet of 37 ships attack the coasts of southern Italy, under Norman rule.source
  • 1142A Norman raid against the city of Tripoli fails.source
  • 1143Norman raiders capture Jijel (modern Algeria). A Norman raid on Ceuta fails, but at the same time the Normans lead a successful assault against Sfax.source
  • 1144Spring – Italo-Norman forces under King Roger II of Sicily invade the Papal States to force Pope Lucius II to accept his truce, but the patrician Giordano Pierleoni, brother of the late Antipope Anacletus II, leads the Roman populace to proclaim a constitutional republic free of papal authority with regard to civil rule. Pierleoni takes over the papal capital, and establishes the Commune of Rome in the style of the old Roman Republic.source
  • 1145The Merinids of Maghrib al-Aqsa attempt to resist the Almohads but are forced into the desert areas around the Tafilalt. Oran falls to the Almohads. A Norman raid against the Tripolitania region succeeds.source
  • 1147The Siculo-Normans take control of Gabes (modern Tunisia).source
  • 1154Normans conduct a series of raids in North Africa, including Annaba (modern Algeria) and the Nile Delta.source
  • 1156The independent city-state Sfax revolts against Norman occupation. Almohad forces conquer the city and massacre the Christian citizens.source
  • 1160The Almohads conquer Mahdia (modern Tunisia) from the Normans after an important naval success near the city, against Christian reinforcements coming from Sicily.source
  • 1182A Sicilian attempt to dislodge the Moorish fleet from Mallorca fails.source

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