1095

Years: 1092 1093 1094 - 1095 - 1096 1097 1098

Decades: 1060s 1070s 1080s - 1090s - 1100s 1110s 1120s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

• The county of Portugal is established for the second time.
• Pembroke Castle is built in Wales.
• The cathedral in Valence, France is consecrated.
• Coloman becomes King of Hungary.
• March - Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus sends ambassadors to Pope Urban II at the Council of Piacenza, to discuss sending mercenaries against the Seljuk Turks.
• November - Pope Urban II preaches the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont; Peter the Hermit begins to preach throughout France.

Births

• Usamah ibn Munqidh, Muslim chronicler
• Amadeus III of Savoy
• Hugh Bigod - 1st Earl of Norfolk

Deaths

• January 19 - Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
• July 29 - Ladislaus I, King of Hungary
• October 12 - Margrave Leopold II of Austria
• El Motamid, Abbadid king of Seville
• June 1 - Agapitus of the Kiev Caves, unmercenary physician and Christian saint

See also: 1095, 1060s, 1070s, 1080s, 1090s, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1096, 1097