1080
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1050s 1060s 1070s – 1080s – 1090s 1100s 1110s |
| Years: | 1077 1078 1079 – 1080 – 1081 1082 1083 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1080 MLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1833 |
| Armenian calendar | 529 ԹՎ ՇԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5830 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -764–-763 |
| Bengali calendar | 487 |
| Berber calendar | 2030 |
| English Regnal year | 14 Will. 1 – 15 Will. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1624 |
| Burmese calendar | 442 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6588–6589 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年十二月初七日 (3716/3776-12-7) — to —
庚申年十一月十八日(3717/3777-11-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 796–797 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1072–1073 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4840–4841 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1136–1137 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1002–1003 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4181–4182 |
| Holocene calendar | 11080 |
| Iranian calendar | 458–459 |
| Islamic calendar | 472–473 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3413 |
| Minguo calendar | 832 before ROC 民前832年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1623 |
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Year 1080 (MLXXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
- July 5 – Ísleifur Gissurarson, the first bishop in Iceland, dies while giving mass in Skálholt church.
- October 14 – The Battle on the Elster:[1] between the armies of the two rival brothers-in-law kings of the German states, Henry IV and Rudolf of Rheinfelden met at the Weisse-Elster River in the Great Saxon Revolt civil war of the Holy Roman Empire.
- William I of England, in a letter, protests to the Pope that the King of England owes him no allegiance.
- King Alfonso VI of León and Castile establishes Latin liturgy in the Catholic Church in place of the Mozarabic Rite.
- Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, builds Devizes Castle.
- c. 1080–1100 – Christ Pantokrator, mosaic in the central dome, church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece, is made.
[edit] Asia
- The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia gains independence after its founder, Prince Ruben, succeeds in establishing his authority in the mountainous regions of Cilicia (approximate date).
- The Song Dynasty Chinese polymath scientist and statesman Shen Kuo begins his defensive military campaign against the Tanguts of the Western Xia Kingdom, successfully defending the invasion route to Yan'an.
[edit] Africa
[edit] Births
- Teresa of Leon, illegitimate daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon (d. 1130)
[edit] Deaths
- April 17 – King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
- May 15 – William Walcher, Bishop of Durham
- July 5 – Ísleifur Gissurarson, Icelandic clergyman (b. 1006)
- October 15 – duke Rudolf of Rheinfelden leader the Great Saxon Revolt dies from wounds received during the battle of Elster at nearby Merseburg during civil war of the Holy Roman Empire[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b John France. Victory in the East (Book extract). http://books.google.com/books?id=Exxeto51p3cC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=%22Battle+of+Elster%22. "Godfrey was almost certainly present in support of Henry IV at the battle of Elster in 1080 (sic 1085... an error or typo), when the forces of the anti-king Rudolf triumphed on the field only to see their victory nullified because Rudolf was killed"
- ^ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
