1096
Year 1096 (MXCVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
Bernhard becomes Bishop of Brandenburg
First documented teaching at the University of Oxford
Beginning of the People's Crusade, the German Crusade, and the First Crusade
Vital I Michele is Doge of Venice
Peter I, King of Aragon, conquers Huesca
Phayao, now a province of Thailand, is founded as a kingdom