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Events

July 12 – Siege of Tripoli: After a 7-year siege (supported by the Genoese fleet), Tripoli falls to the Crusaders. Fakhr al-Mulk ibn Ammar, qadi of Tripoli, submits to Bertrand of Toulouse (the eldest son of Raymond IV). 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 (auto-da-fÃÂ©) of the works of Al-Ghazali, in front of the Great Mosque of Cordoba.
July 1 – Urraca of LeÃÂ³n becomes queen of LeÃÂ³n, Castile and Galicia after the death of her father, King Alfonso VI, making her the first European queen regnant. She marries Alfonso I.
August 10 – Battle of NakÃÂo: BolesÃÂaw III leads an expedition into Pomerania. He besieges the castle of NakÃÂo and defeats a Pomeranian relief force.
August 24
Siege of GÃÂogÃÂ³w: German forces led by King Henry V besiege GÃÂogÃÂ³w. He is forced to abandon the siege Ã¢ÂÂ due to attacks of Polish guerilla warriors.
Battle of Hundsfeld: BolesÃÂaw 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 (lost in 1085).

Anselm of Laon, French monk and theologian, becomes chancellor of the cathedral at Laon (approximate date).</onlyinclude>