Zagreb
City · 1094 CE · in Europe
Capital of Independent State of Croatia (1941–1944), Republic of Croatia (1992–today).
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- Iznik (c. 1094 CE): Capital of Sultanate of Rum (1094–1307), Nicaean Empire (1206–1261).
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- Stari Ras (c. 1094–1168 CE): Capital of Grand Principality of Serbia (1094–1168).
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- Isle of Man (c. 1085 CE): Capital of Kingdom of the Isles (1085–1176), Kingdom of Mann (1177–1266).
- Castletown (c. 1085 CE): Capital of Kingdom of the Isles (1085–1176), Kingdom of Mann (1177–1266).
- Castelló d'Empúries (c. 1078 CE): Capital of County of Ampuria (1078–1402).
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- Council of Clermont (1095 CE): Pope Urban II called on Western Christians to aid Byzantium and take Jerusalem, launching the First Crusade.
- William the Conqueror (c. 1028 CE – 1087 CE): Duke of Normandy who conquered England in 1066 and became its first Norman king.
- East–West Schism (1054 CE): Break in communion between the Church of Rome and the Church of Constantinople, dividing Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
- Battle of Hastings (1066 CE): William, Duke of Normandy, defeated and killed King Harold II, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
- University of Oxford (c. 1096 CE): Teaching existed at Oxford by 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world. It grew rapidly after Henry II barred English students from the University of Paris in 1167.
- Trier (16 BCE – 1618 CE): Capital of Electorate of Trier (1333–1618).
- Varangians to the Greeks (c. 800–1100 CE): Scandinavian traders and warriors travelled from the Baltic up the Neva and Volkhov past Novgorod, portaged to the Dnieper and sailed down past Kiev to the Black Sea and Constantinople.
- Chernihiv (c. 1056 CE): Capital of Principality of Chernigov (1056–1240).
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