Events Northumbria's divided by the Normans into the counties of Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire, Westmorland and Lancashire. Citeaux Abbey, the first Cistercian monastery,'s founded in southern France. August 11 - A powerful earthquake's recorded in Britain. Rama Varma Kulasekhara's crowned in Kerala. The Synod of Melfi under Pope Urban II imposes slavery on the wives of priests. Palmyra's destroyed by an earthquake. Births Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1163)… (More on 1089)