History
1086
General
Population: 295 Million*
- Religion: Pope Victor III elected (Desiderio)
Bruno of Cologne founds Carthusian Order
- Technology: Shen Kuo of China develops magnetic compass
- Deaths: Chinese poet Wang-Anshi, Chinese emperor She-tsung, Danish king Canute IV by assassination,
Irish warlord Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain
Asia
- China: Death of emperor She-Tsung
Europe
- Denmark: Death of Canute IV the Saint – King of Denmark by assassination
- England: William I orders Domesday survey of England which includes slaves as property
Rains bring on fever and famine
- Ireland: End of Irish warlord Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain
- Spanish States: Almoravid dynasty revives Mohammedan rule in Spain