11th century facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century · 11th century · 12th century |
| Decades: | 1000s 1010s 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s 1060s 1070s 1080s 1090s |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
The 11th century is the century from 1001 to 1100.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 11th century are in italics.
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Images for kids
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Political boundaries in Eastern Hemisphere in early half of 11th century
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Political boundaries in Eastern Hemisphere at the end of the 11th century
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The Brihadeeswarar Temple of Chola era southern India, completed in 1010, during the reign of Rajaraja I
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An 11th-century rock crystal ewer of Fatimid Egypt
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Defeat of the Bulgarians by the Byzantines depicted in the Madrid Skylitzes
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Celadon statue of an imperial guardian lion of the Chinese Song dynasty, 11th or 12th century
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Territories of Zirids and Hammadids after the invasions of Banu Hilal, of Norman incursions and the weakening of the Almoravids
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A flat casket carved out of ivory from Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain), c. 1050
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The Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings in 1066
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An 11th-century Chola Dynasty bronze figurine of Arthanariswara
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A page of the Domesday Book of England
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St Albans Cathedral of England, completed in 1089
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The Gonbad-e Qabus Tower, built in 1006 during the Ziyarid Dynasty of Iran
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Pagoda of Fogong Temple, built in 1056 in Shanxi, China by the Khitan Liao dynasty in 1056
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Latin translation of the Book of Optics (1021), written by the Iraqi physicist, Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
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The original diagram of Su Song's book Xin Yi Xiang Fa Yao (published 1092) showing the clepsydra tank, waterwheel, escapement mechanism, chain drive, striking clock jacks, and armillary sphere of his clock tower
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Diagram from al-Bīrūnī's book Kitab al-tafhim showing lunar phases and lunar eclipse
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The spherical astrolabe, long employed in medieval Islamic astronomy, was introduced to Europe by Gerbert d'Aurillac, later Pope Sylvester II.
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The Ostromir Gospels of Novgorod, 1057
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Empress Agnes, German Queen who became regent of the Holy Roman Empire
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Basil II of the Byzantine Empire.
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Angels crowning Canute the Great as he and his wife Ælfgifu of Northampton present the Winchester Cross to the church, dated 1031
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Statue of Lady Li Qingzhao in the Grand Hall of Poets in Du Fu Cao Tang, China
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Matilda of Tuscany military leader from Italy
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Emperor Shenzong of Song China
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Chinese Empress Cao, wife of Emperor Renzong of Song.
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Lady Sei Shōnagon, wrote her Pillow Book about life in the Japanese court
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Pope Urban II of Rome
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Statue of William the Conqueror, holding Domesday Book on the West Front of Lichfield Cathedral.
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11th century mosaic of Constantine IX Monomachos, Empress Zoe, and Jesus Christ in the Hagia Sophia.
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An 11th-century reliquary of gold and cloisonné over wood, from the Duchy of Brabant, Maastricht Cathedral, now housed in the Louvre.
See also
In Spanish: Siglo XI para niños
