History
1087
General
Population: 295 Million*
Africa
- End of Almoravid Dynasty in Ghana
Europe
- Denmark: Famine so terrible in Denmark that King Olaf II surnamed "the Hungry"
- England: St. Paul's in London burns and is rebuilt
Famine and great pestilence in England
William dies due to riding accident – buried in Normandy – bowels burst upon burial
Son William II "Rufus" rules in England (probably homosexual – never marries - claims forest for himself and makes Draconian penalties for poaching)
Robert in Normandy rules (to third son Henry he leaves some money)
- Holy Roman Empire: Conrad the eldest son of Henry IV crowned king of Germany