1107

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)