History
1097
General
Population: 299 Million*
- Religion: Start of First Crusade to 1102
- Deaths: Donald Bane King of Scotland
Europe
- England: William II helps Edgar defeat Donald Bane
- Holy Roman Empire: Henry IV returns from Italy to Germany
- Scotland: Edgar, son of Malcolm Canmore becomes king of Scotland (Brother Donald Bane no longer rules - deposed)
Middle East
- Plague and famine during first crusade in Palestine and Egypt
Crusaders defeat Turks at Dorylaeum and conquer Nicaea
Godfrey of Boullion named "Defender of Holy Sepulcher" (King) of Jerusalem
- Palestine: Crusaders arrive at Jerusalem and begin slaughter of Moslems