Year 1101 (MCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It was the 2nd year of the 1100s decade, and the 1st year of the 12th century. Events By place Byzantine Empire Crusade of 1101: A second wave of European crusaders attempts to cross Anatolia, to reach the Kingdom of Jerusalem. They are defeated by the Seljuk troops under Sultan Kilij Arslan I, at Heraclea. A handful of crusaders under Raymond IV (Saint-Gilles) manage to reach the Byzantine port of Bafra, at the mouth of the River Halys. Summer – The Byzantine fleet under Admiral Eustathios recaptures the ports of western Cilicia, Seleucia and Corycus. Eustathios extends his power over Cilician territory (belonging to Bohemond I) further east – occupying Tarsus, Adana and Mamistra. Levant Spring – King Baldwin I concludes an alliance with the Genoese fleet, offering them commercial privileges and booty. He captures the towns of Arsuf and Caesarea. Baldwin's crusaders pillage Caesarea and massacre the majority of the local population. September 7 – Battle of Ramla: A Crusader force (some 1,100 men) under Baldwin I defeats the invading Fatimids at Ramla (modern Israel). Baldwin plunders the Fatimid camp and the survivors flee to Ascalon. Europe June 22 – Roger I (Bosso), count of Sicily, dies at Mileto in Calabria after a 30-year reign. He is succeeded by his 8-year-old son Simon of Hauteville, while his mother, Adelaide del Vasto, acts as his regent. Summer – Almoravid forces under Sultan Yusuf ibn Tashfin besiege Valencia, which is defended by Jimena Díaz, widow of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (El Cid). The city holds out until May 1102. Autumn – Countess Mathilda of Tuscany leads a successful expedition in northern Italy and takes Ferrara. The county of Berg in Germany is established. England February 3 – Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham, escapes from the Tower of London and flees to Normandy. There he joins Robert II (Curthose), duke of Normandy, who has just returned from the Crusades. Summer – Robert II lands at Portsmouth with an army in an effort to take the throne from his brother, King Henry I. He is forced to sign the Treaty of Alton, giving up his claim to the English throne. By topic Culture A vast compilation of Liao, Korean, and Song Buddhist writings is completed (approximate date). Religion Spring – Antipope Theodoric dies,