1107
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1107 (MCVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1107th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 107th year of the 2nd millennium, the 7th year of the 12th century, and the 8th year of the 1100s decade. As of the start of 1107, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
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Events
- William Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter.
- Emperor Toba ascends the throne of Japan.
- Chinese money printed in 3 colours to stymie counterfeiting.
- Alexander I inherits the Scottish crown with the death of Edgar of Scotland.
- The highly cultivated emperor of China, Emperor Huizong of Song, writes his Treatise on Tea.
Births
Deaths
- January 8 — King Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)
- August 9 — Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)
- Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester
- Kilij Arslan I, Sultan of Rüm
- Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
- Cheng Yi, Song Dynasty Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher (b. 1033)
- Mi Fu, Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher (born 1051)
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