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[[File:Seljuk Empire locator map.svg|upright=1.35|thumb|Map of the [[Seljuk Empire]] after the death of Sultan  [[Malik-Shah I]] (r. 1072–1092)]]
Year '''1092''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MXCII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Summer &ndash; Emperor [[Alexios I Komnenos]] bribes one of [[Kilij Arslan I|Kilij Arslan]]'s (sultan of the [[Sultanate of Rum]]) officials to recover [[Sinop, Turkey|Sinope]] (the capital of [[Paphlagonia]]), and neighbouring coastal regions. He uses the Byzantine fleet to defeat the Seljuk navy off the coast of [[Cius]] in [[Bithynia]].<ref>Brian Todd Carey (2012). ''Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare (527–1071)'', p. 160. {{ISBN|978-1-84884-215-1}}.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Vratislaus II of Bohemia|Vratislaus II]], the first king of [[List of Bohemian monarchs|Bohemia]], dies after a 6½-year reign and is succeeded by his brother [[Conrad I, Duke of Bohemia|Conrad I]] who becomes duke and not king because Vratislaus was elevated to the royal dignity 'for life' by [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] (in [[1085]]). Conrad dies [[September 6]] after a 8-month reign and is succeeded by his nephew [[Bretislav II]] (the eldest son of Vratislaus).

==== Britain ====
* Summer &ndash; King [[William II of England|William II]] annexes [[Cumbria]] from the Scottish Celtic kingdom of [[Strathclyde]], and builds [[Carlisle Castle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.13665|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080110062231/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.13665|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-01-10|title=Carlisle Castle|publisher=[[English Heritage]]|access-date=2007-12-21}}</ref>
* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[Lincoln Cathedral]], one of England's finest [[English Gothic architecture|Gothic]] buildings, is consecrated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lincolncathedral.com/|title=Lincoln Cathedral website|access-date=2007-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110200058/http://www.lincolncathedral.com/ |archive-date=January 10, 2008<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>

==== Seljuk Empire ====
* [[November 19]] &ndash; Sultan [[Malik-Shah I]] dies after a 20-year reign while [[hunting]]. The [[Seljuk Empire]] falls into chaos: his brother [[Tutush I]] and rival successors carve up their own independent [[sultan]]ates in the [[Middle East]]. Malik-Shah is succeeded by his son [[Mahmud I of Great Seljuq|Mahmud I]], but he does not gain control of the empire.

==== China ====
* [[Su Song]], a Chinese statesman and [[scientist]], publishes his ''Xin Yi Xiang Fa Yao'', a treatise outlining the construction and operation of his complex astronomical [[clocktower]], built in [[Kaifeng]]. It also includes a celestial atlas of five [[star map]]s.

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[April 21]] &ndash; The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa|Diocese of Pisa]] is elevated to the dignity of a metropolitan [[Diocese#archdiocese|archdiocese]] by [[Pope Urban II]].
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Synod of Szabolcs]]: King [[Ladislaus I of Hungary]] assembles a council of the prelates of [[Kingdom of Hungary|his kingdom]] at the fortress of [[Szabolcs (village)|Szabolcs]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Adélaide de Maurienne]], queen consort of [[France in the Middle Ages|France]] (d. [[1154]])
* [[Al-Mustarshid]], caliph of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] (d. [[1135]])
* [[Fulk, King of Jerusalem|Fulk V]] ("the Younger"), Count of Anjou and king of [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] (d. [[1143]])
* [[Magnús Einarsson]], Icelandic bishop of [[Skálholt]] (d. [[1148]])
* [[Peter the Venerable]], French monk and [[abbot]] (d. [[1156]]) 
* [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]], Tibetan [[Tibetan Buddhism|Buddhist]] leader (d. [[1158]])
* [[Sybilla of Normandy]], queen consort of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] (d. [[1122]])
* [[Wartislaw I, Duke of Pomerania|Wartislaw I]] (or Warcisław), duke of [[Duchy of Pomerania|Pomerania]] (approximate date)
* [[Zhang Jiucheng]], Chinese politician (d. [[1159]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Vratislaus II of Bohemia|Vratislaus II]], duke and king of [[Duchy of Bohemia|Bohemia]]
* [[May 7]] &ndash; [[Remigius de Fécamp]], bishop of [[Diocese of Lincoln|Lincoln]]
* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[Conrad I, Duke of Bohemia|Conrad I]], duke of [[Duchy of Bohemia|Bohemia]]
* [[October 14]] &ndash; [[Nizam al-Mulk]], Seljuk vizier (b. [[1018]])
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Malik-Shah I]], Seljuk sultan (b. [[1055]])
* [[Abu'l-Qasim (Seljuq governor of Nicaea)|Abu'l-Qasim]], Seljuk general and governor
* [[Bermudo Ovéquiz]] (or "Vermudo"), Spanish [[Nobility|nobleman]] 
* [[Bogumił (archbishop of Gniezno)|Bogumił]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno|Gniezno]] (approximate date)
* [[Ermengol IV, Count of Urgell|Ermengol IV]] (or Armengol), count of [[County of Urgell|Urgell]] (b. [[1056]])
* [[Helibo]], Chinese nobleman and chieftain (b. [[1039]])
* [[Jordan of Hauteville]], Italo-Norman nobleman
* [[Richard de Montfort]], French nobleman

== References ==
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