1106 - Definition and Overview

Events

• September 28 - Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, at the Battle of Tinchebrai, and imprisons him in Cardiff Castle; Edgar Atheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner.
• Balaguer, Spain, is captured from the Moors by the count of Urgell.
• Boleslaus III of Poland begins a war against his brother Zbigniew for control of Poland.

Births

Deaths

• Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• Saint Benno
• Almoravid ruler Yusuf ibn Tashfin
• Máel Muire mac Célechair, Irish scribe of Lebor na hUidre