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1096

EVENTS

Bernard becomes Bishop Of Brandenburg .

In Ireland , the Diocese Of Waterford is erected.

First documented teaching at the University Of Oxford .

Beginning of the People's Crusade , the German Crusade , and the First Crusade

Vital I Michele is Doge Of Venice .

Peter I , King Of Aragon , conquers Huesca .

Phayao , now a province of Thailand , is founded as a kingdom.

Late April - A large band of Crusader s approaches Speyer and murders 11 Jews .

BIRTHS

Hugh Of St. Victor , scholar

King Stephen Of England (d. 1154 )

DEATHS

Eudocia Macrembolitissa , empress of Byzantine Emperor Constantine X (b. 1021 )

William Of St. Carilef , bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II Of England

Walter The Penniless , a leader of the First Crusade

Most of the Jewish population of Speyer , Germany during the First Crusade