11th century facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
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.

990s	990	991	992	993	994	995	996	997	998	999
1000s	1000	1001	1002	1003	1004	1005	1006	1007	1008	1009
1010s	1010	1011	1012	1013	1014	1015	1016	1017	1018	1019
1020s	1020	1021	1022	1023	1024	1025	1026	1027	1028	1029
1030s	1030	1031	1032	1033	1034	1035	1036	1037	1038	1039
1040s	1040	1041	1042	1043	1044	1045	1046	1047	1048	1049
1050s	1050	1051	1052	1053	1054	1055	1056	1057	1058	1059
1060s	1060	1061	1062	1063	1064	1065	1066	1067	1068	1069
1070s	1070	1071	1072	1073	1074	1075	1076	1077	1078	1079
1080s	1080	1081	1082	1083	1084	1085	1086	1087	1088	1089
1090s	1090	1091	1092	1093	1094	1095	1096	1097	1098	1099
1100s	1100	1101	1102	1103	1104	1105	1106	1107	1108	1109

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Images for kids

The spherical astrolabe, long employed in medieval Islamic astronomy, was introduced to Europe by Gerbert d'Aurillac, later Pope Sylvester II.
Political boundaries in Eastern Hemisphere in early half of 11th century
The Brihadeeswarar Temple of Chola era southern India, completed in 1010, during the reign of Rajaraja Chola I.
A Scholar in a Meadow, Chinese Song dynasty, 11th century.
The Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings in 1066
An 11th-century rock crystal ewer of Fatimid Egypt.
Defeat of the Bulgarians by the Byzantines depicted in the Madrid Skylitzes.
Celadon statue of an imperial guardian lion of the Chinese Song dynasty, 11th or 12th century.
An 11th-century Chola Dynasty bronze figurine of Arthanariswara.
A flat casket carved out of ivory from Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain), c. 1050
A page of the Domesday Book of England.
Siege of Jerusalem (1099).
An 11th-century reliquary of gold and cloisonné over wood, from the Duchy of Brabant, Maastricht Cathedral, now housed in the Louvre.
St Albans Cathedral of England, completed in 1089.
Pagoda of Fogong Temple, built in 1056 in Shanxi, China by the Khitan Liao dynasty in 1056.
Latin translation of the Book of Optics (1021), written by the Iraqi physicist, Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen).
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.
The Ostromir Gospels of Novgorod, 1057.
Alfonso VI of Castile
Empress Agnes, German Queen who became regent of the Holy Roman Empire]]
Basil II of the Byzantine Empire.
Angels crowning Canute the Great as he and his wife Ælfgifu of Northampton present the Winchester Cross to the church, dated 1031
The Atlantes – columns in the form of Toltec warriors in Tula.
Statue of Lady Li Qingzhao in the Grand Hall of Poets in Du Fu Cao Tang, China
Matilda of Tuscany military leader from Italy
Emperor Shenzong of Song China
Al-Hakim of Fatimid Egypt
Chinese Empress Cao, wife of Emperor Renzong of Song.
Lady Sei Shōnagon, wrote her Pillow Book about life in the Japanese court
Pope Urban II of Rome
Statue of William the Conqueror, holding Domesday Book on the West Front of Lichfield Cathedral.
11th century mosaic of Constantine IX Monomachos, Empress Zoe, and Jesus Christ in the Hagia Sophia.