What is 1090?
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}} {{Year nav|1090}} {{Year in various calendars|1090}} {{Year article header|1090}} [[File:Asabah2.jpg|thumb|alt=Hassan-i Sabbah (c. 1050–1124) |Hassan-i Sabbah (c. 1050–1124)]] == Events == === By area === ==== Africa ==== * [[Béjaïa]] becomes the capital of the [[Hammadid]] Dynasty in [[Algeria]]. ==== Europe ==== * Third expedition of the [[Almoravid]] army in [[al-Andalus]] who subdue the [[taifa|taifas kingdoms]]. [[Córdoba, Andalusia|Córdoba]], [[Seville]], [[Grenada]], [[Málaga]], [[Almería]] and [[Ronda]] fall to the troops of [[Yusuf ibn Tashfin]].<ref>Gilbert Meynier (2010) ''L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)''. Paris: La Découverte; pp.83.</ref> === By topic === ==== Arts and culture ==== * [[Troubadour]]s begin playing in [[Provence]]. ==== Technology ==== * [[Song Dynasty]] Chinese writer [[Qin Guan]] writes the ''Can Shu'' (Book of [[Sericulture]]), which describes a [[silk]]-reeling machine that has the world's oldest known [[Belt (mechanical)|mechanical belt drive]]. == Births == * Saint [[Bernard of Clairvaux]] (d. [[1153]]) * [[Eliezer ben Nathan]] of [[Mainz]] * [[Qin Hui (Song Dynasty)|Qin Hui]], Chinese [[Song Dynasty]] Prime Minister (d. [[1155]]) == Deaths == * [[June 26]] &ndash; [[Jaromír (Bishop of Prague)]] * [[July 3]] &ndash; [[Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen]] (b. c. [[1060]]) * [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Saint Adalbero]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1090}} [[Category:1090| ]]