1091 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Henry, son of William I attempted a coup against his brothers but failed to seize the English throne.
• The Normans took Sicily from the Islamic rulers.
• The Islamic Abbadid dynasty ruling in Spain fell when the Almoravides stormed Seville.
• London Bridge destroyed by a storm.
• Cardiff Castle built.
• Athanasius VI bar Khamoro became Syrian Patriarch of Antioch

Births

Deaths

• Dirk V Count of Holland died 17 June