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1078Future Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos marries Irene Doukaina.
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1081 - 1082The Normans, led by Robert Guiscard, attack Byzantine Greece.
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Apr 1081 - Aug 1118Reign of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
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1082Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos grants trade access and privileges to the Venetians in return for naval support.
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1084The Normans defeat a Venetian naval force, allies of the Byzantine Empire.
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1085Alexios I Komnenos recaptures Dyracchion from the Normans.
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1087 - 1090The Pechenegs attack Byzantine Thrace.
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29 Apr 1091A Byzantine army, with Cumans as allies, defeats the Pechenegs at the battle of Mount Lebounion.
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1092Alexios I Komnenos introduces the electrum hyperpyron coin (worth one-third of a gold nomisma).
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1095Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos quashes a rebellion led by Nikephoros Diogenes.
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Mar 1095Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos appeals to the west for aid against the Seljuks.
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1097The First Crusaders arrive at Constantinople.
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1097The First Crusaders capture Nicaea.
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3 Jun 1098The First Crusaders capture Antioch after an 8-month siege.
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1107The Normans, led by Bohemund, besiege Dyracchion.
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1108The Treaty of Devol is signed between the Byzantine Empire and the Normans, removing any Norman threat from the empire's territory.
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15 Aug 1118Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos dies of natural causes.
