1078
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This article is about the year 1078.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1040s 1050s 1060s – 1070s – 1080s 1090s 1100s |
| Years: | 1075 1076 1077 – 1078 – 1079 1080 1081 |
| 1078 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1078 MLXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1831 |
| Armenian calendar | 527 ԹՎ ՇԻԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5828 |
| Bengali calendar | 485 |
| Berber calendar | 2028 |
| English Regnal year | 12 Will. 1 – 13 Will. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1622 |
| Burmese calendar | 440 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6586–6587 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3774 or 3714 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3775 or 3715 |
| Coptic calendar | 794–795 |
| Discordian calendar | 2244 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1070–1071 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4838–4839 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1134–1135 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1000–1001 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4179–4180 |
| Holocene calendar | 11078 |
| Igbo calendar | 78–79 |
| Iranian calendar | 456–457 |
| Islamic calendar | 470–471 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōryaku 2 (承暦2年) |
| Julian calendar | 1078 MLXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3411 |
| Minguo calendar | 834 before ROC 民前834年 |
| Seleucid era | 1389/1390 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1620–1621 |
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Year 1078 (MLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[edit]
By place[edit]
Europe[edit]
- The Romanesque church is finished at Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
- Anselm of Canterbury becomes abbot of Bec Abbey.
- The White Tower of the Tower of London was built (approximate date).
Asia[edit]
- The Battle of Kalavrye is fought.
- The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia is founded (approximate date).
- By this year, the iron industry in Song dynasty China is producing a total weight of 127,000,000 kg (125,000 t) of iron product per year.
Africa[edit]
The Almoravid emir, Yusuf ibn Tashfin besieges Ceuta. Since the city can receive help from the sea, the siege will last until 1083.
Births[edit]
- King Alexander I of Scotland (d. 1124)
Deaths[edit]
- November 11 – Udo of Nellenburg, Archbishop of Trier (during the siege of Tübingen)
- Rhys ab Owain, king of Deheubarth, Wales