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EVENTS
April 2
—
Emperor Zhezong
becomes
Emperor
of
Song Dynasty
.
Empress
Dowager Gao cancells all the reforms packages and dismisses pro-reform
Wang Anshi
.
May 25
—
Alfonso VI Of Castile
takes
Toledo
,
Spain
back from the
Moors
and invites
French
Knight
s to settle the central
Plateau
of
Spain
.
Domesday Survey
is commissioned by
William I Of England
to ensure proper taxation and levies.
Katedralskolan, Lund
, the oldest school in
Scandinavia
is founded.
Ísleifur Gissurarson
is made the first
Bishop
of
Iceland
.
By This Year
, the annual output of
Copper
currency for the
Chinese
Song Dynasty
reaches 6 billion coins a year, prompting the Chinese government to adopt the world's first
Paper-printed Money
later in the
1120
s.
BIRTHS
Alberich Of Reims
(d.
1141
)
Raoul I, Count Of Vermandois
(d.
October 14
,
1152
)
Robert Fitz Martin
(d.
1159
)
Zhang Zeduan
, Chinese painter (d.
1145
)
DEATHS
April 1
—
Emperor Shenzong
of China (b.
1048
)
May 25
—
Pope Gregory VII
July 15
—
Robert Guiscard
Cheng Hao
(b.
1032
)
Song Dynasty
China
Neo-Confucian
Philosopher