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Events

July 12 - Siege of Tripoli: After a 7-year siege, Tripoli falls to the Crusaders. Fakhr al-Mulk ibn Ammar, qadi of Tripoli, submits to Bertrand of Toulouse. He establishes the County of Tripoli, the fourth Crusader state in the Middle East. Raymond's nephew William II Jordan dies of an arrow wound sustained during the siege, leaving Bertrand as its sole ruler.

Summer - Almoravid emir Ali ibn Yusuf organizes a public ritual of penance of the works of Al-Ghazali, in front of the Great Mosque of Cordoba.
July 1 - Urraca of León becomes queen of León, Castile and Galicia after the death of her father, León and Castile|King Alfonso VI], making her the first European queen regnant. She marries Alfonso I.
August 10 - Battle of Nakło: Bolesław III leads an expedition into Pomerania. He besieges the castle of Nakło and defeats a Pomeranian relief force.
August 24
*Siege of Głogów: German forces led by King Henry V, [Holy Roman Emperor|Henry V] besiege Głogów. He is forced to abandon the siege – due to attacks of Polish guerilla warriors.
* Battle of Hundsfeld: Bolesław III defeats the imperial forces under Henry V at Hundsfeld. The Germans are ambushed by the Polish forces.
The Almoravid army, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, fails to reconquer Toledo.

Anselm of Laon, French monk and theologian, becomes chancellor of the cathedral at Laon.