1126 - Events

1126 - Events. January-March - In Sung, scholars and farmers demonstrated around Kaifeng and asked for the restoration of a probity military official, Li Gang (李綱). There were some small conflicts between the protestors and the Government. Rutherglen becomes one of the first Royal Burghs in Scotland. Establishment of the Second Chin Dynasty in the north of China with the Sung Dynasty's loss at the Huang He river valley. Alfonso VII crowned king of Castile and León in Spain.Including:

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1071 - Events. April — The last Byzantine-controlled city in southern Italy, Bari, is captured by Robert Guiscard. August 26 — Byzantine Empire loses Battle of Manzikert to Turkish army under Alp Arslan. Control of much of Asia Minor passes to the Turks. Construction of Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire, England begins. 1071 - Births. October 22 - William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (d. 1126) 1071 - DeathsIncluding:

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