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1087| 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. | | 1078–1124 | Spain, France [churches and temples] | Work begins on the Romanesque cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, using French masons. Built on a huge scale to accommodate the large number of pilgrims, it is largely completed by 1124. | | 1083–1087 | Japan [wars] | The Kiyowara clan, formerly allies of the Minamoto in the Nine Years' War, challenge Minamoto rule in northern Honshu, Japan. The Minamoto, led by Yoshiie, destroy the Kiyowara and impose absolute rule on the north. | | 1087 | England [statistics and demography] | The Domesday Book, compiled for William I the Conqueror, King of England and Duke of Normandy, records 5,624 water-mills for corn south of the rivers Trent and Severn, roughly one mill for every 400 people, some stamping-mills for crushing iron-ore, and hammer-mills. It estimates the population of England at between 1 and 1.5 million, with East Anglia the most populous region. | | 9 September 1087 | England, Normandy [administration] | Following the death of William I the Conqueror, king of England and duke of Normandy, of wounds received suppressing a revolt in the county of Maine, he is succeeded in Normandy by his eldest son, Robert Curthose, who immediately faces a baronial rebellion he is never able to suppress completely. William is succeeded in England by a younger son, William II Rufus. | | 9 September 1087 | Normandy, England [births and deaths] | William I the Conqueror, duke of Normandy 1035–87, king of England 1066–87, dies in Rouen, Normandy (59). |
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