1107

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1070s  1080s  1090s  – 1100s –  1110s  1120s  1130s
Years:	1104 1105 1106 – 1107 – 1108 1109 1110

1107 Media

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  Seal of King Alexander I of Scotland

1107 (MCVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1107th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 107th year of the 2nd millennium, the 7th year of the 12th century, and the 8th year of the 1100s decade. As of the start of 1107, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• William Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• Emperor Toba ascends the throne of Japan.
• Chinese money printed in 3 colours to stymie counterfeiting.
• Alexander I inherits the Scottish crown with the death of Edgar of Scotland.
• The highly cultivated emperor of China, Emperor Huizong of Song, writes his Treatise on Tea.

Births

• June 12 — Emperor Gaozong of Song of China (d. 1187)
• Henry II of Austria (d. 1177)

Deaths

• January 8 — King Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)
• August 9 — Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)
• Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester
• Kilij Arslan I, Sultan of Rüm
• Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
• Cheng Yi, Song Dynasty Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher (b. 1033)
• Mi Fu, Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher (born 1051)