22 – The Kingdom of Jerusalem is established in the Middle East. Godfrey of Bouillon is named king (but refuses to be crowned) and takes the title Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri. August 10 – The Crusaders under Godfrey of Bouillon (supported by 1,200–1,300 knights) assemble at Yibna (Ibelin) – close to the coast and almost halfway from Jaffa to Ascalon. August 12 – Battle of Ascalon: The Crusader army (some 10,000 men) decisively defeats the Fatimids who are sent to relieve Jerusalem. Vizier Al-Afdal is forced to retreat to Egypt. November – A Crusader army under Bohemond I travels south to begin a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. They are accompanied by Baldwin of Boulogne, brother of Godfrey of Bouillon. December 21 – The Crusaders under Bohemond I and Baldwin arrive at Jerusalem. Four days later, Daimbert, archbishop of Pisa, is installed as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. By topic Religion The commune in Emilia founds the Modena Cathedral, dedicated to the patron saint Geminianus. The Italian sculptor Wiligelmo creates reliefs with Genesis scenes. July 29 – Pope Urban II (or Urbanus) dies after a 9-year pontificate at Rome. He is succeeded by Paschal II as the 160th pope of the Catholic Church. Births Olav Magnusson, king of Norway (d. 1115) Ranulf de Gernon, Norman nobleman (d. 1153) Raymond of Poitiers, prince of Antioch (d. 1149) Thierry of Alsace, count of Flanders (d. 1168) William X (the Saint), French nobleman (d. 1137) Yuri Dolgorukiy, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1157) Deaths April 14 – Conrad, bishop of Utrecht (Bishopric of Utrecht) April 20 – Peter Bartholomew, French soldier and mystic July 8 – Lawrence, Croatian monk and archbishop July 10 – Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (El Cid), Spanish nobleman July 18 – Fujiwara no Moromichi, Japanese nobleman (b. 1062) July 29 – Urban II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1035) August 21 – Éverard III of Puiset, French nobleman December 3 – Osmund, bishop of Salisbury (b. 1065) Ermengarde de Carcassonne, French noblewoman Donald III (the Fair), king of Scotland (b. 1032) Qutb Shah, Persian Sufi and religious leader Rhygyfarch, Welsh bishop of St. David's (b. 1057) Walter of Pontoise, French abbot (approximate date) References