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3 unusual facts about 1113–15 Balearic Islands expedition


1113–15 Balearic Islands expedition

Founded on a treaty of 1113 between the Republic of Pisa and Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, the expedition had the support of Pope Paschal II and the participation of many lords of Catalonia and Occitania, as well as contingents from northern and central Italy, Sardinia, and Corsica.

In the spring of 1114 a new fleet of eighty ships arrived from Pisa, following the French coast, briefly staying at Marseille.

The only surviving copy of the treaty between Pisa and Barcelona is found interpolated in a charter of James I granted to Pisa in 1233.


Chongyang

Wang Chongyang (1113 – 1170), Chinese Taoist in the Song Dynasty

Dohna Castle

It is also known that the family of the Erkenbertingers (recorded as burgraves in 1113) came from Franconia, established themselves in the vicinity of Naumburg and that their relatively junior Starkenberg line played a role in the Ore Mountains, for example in land development (Landausbau).

DR Class 23.10

On the introduction of EDP numbering from 1 January 1970 the locomotives were all renumbered to 35 1001–1113.

Geoffrey Plantagenet

Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113–1151), Count of Anjou, father of Henry II of England and the first to be known as Plantagenet

Goldcliff Priory

In 1113 the manor of Monksilver, near Williton in Somerset, was given by Robert de Chandos to endow his new priory.

Gudensberg

Count Werner IV of Maden founded the Benedictine monastery of Breitenau near Guxhagen in 1113.

Ida of Boulogne

Ida of Lorraine, Countess of Boulogne (c. 1040–1113), daughter of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine; wife of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne

Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan

The date of birth is variously given as 1111 or 1113 A.H, and it took place in Kālā Bāgh, Mālwa.

Quadripartitus

Liebermann assigned the completion of the work to a date between 1113 and 1118, basing this terminus ante quem on the mention of Henry's victories over the "rages of the Bretons" in Argumentum § 16, which he took to refer to the king's claim of sovereignty as recognised by King Louis VI of France in 1113.

Schweigmatt

This hamlet was first mentioned in documents in 1113, but gained international recognition only recently as the birthplace of actress Q'orianka Kilcher.

Terry Vaughn

In 2005, Terry Vaughn's 1113 receiving yards combined with those of his teammates (Kerry Watkins's 1364 yards, Ben Cahoon's 1067 yards, and Dave Stala's 1037 yards) as the 2005 Montreal Alouettes became only the second team in CFL history to achieve four players all having over 1000 yards receiving in the same season (the first being the 2004 Alouettes).


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