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1065| 1000–1100 | Europe [sports] | ‘Tables’, or backgammon, is introduced to Europe by the Arabs (or reintroduced, as it is similar in name and appearance to the Roman game Tabula). It becomes extremely popular over the next few centuries. The name ‘backgammon’ is first used in the mid-17th century. | | 1047–1080 | France [legislation] | The earliest known code of laws and customs of any French town, the Etablissements de Saint-Quentin, is drawn up. (The original code is lost but is known from a copy of 1151.) | | 1065 | Germany, Holy Roman Empire [churches and temples] | Stained glass is used for the first time, to decorate a window in the clerestory of Augsburg Cathedral, Germany. | | 8 May 1065 | Aragon, Spain [wars] | Ramiro I of Aragon is killed attacking the Moors in Graus. He is succeeded by his son, Sancho Ramirez. His death attracts volunteers from Western Europe to serve in the campaigns against the Moors. |
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