1078
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1078 by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 1078 MLXXVIII |
Ab urbe condita | 1831 |
Armenian calendar | 527 ԹՎ ՇԻԷ |
Assyrian calendar | 5828 |
Balinese saka calendar | 999–1000 |
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) 3775 or 3568 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3776 or 3569 |
Coptic calendar | 794–795 |
Discordian calendar | 2244 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1070–1071 |
Hebrew calendar | 4838–4839 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1134–1135 |
- Shaka Samvat | 999–1000 |
- Kali Yuga | 4178–4179 |
Holocene calendar | 11078 |
Igbo calendar | 78–79 |
Iranian calendar | 456–457 |
Islamic calendar | 470–471 |
Japanese calendar | Jōryaku 2 (承暦2年) |
Javanese calendar | 982–983 |
Julian calendar | 1078 MLXXVIII |
Korean calendar | 3411 |
Minguo calendar | 834 before ROC 民前834年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −390 |
Seleucid era | 1389/1390 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1620–1621 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1204 or 823 or 51 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1205 or 824 or 52 |
Year 1078 (MLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- July 11 – Romanesque tympanum of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Galicia (Spain) is constructed.
- Anselm is elected abbot of Bec Abbey in Normandy.
- Approximate date – The White Tower of the Tower of London is begun under the direction of Bishop Gundulf of Rochester.
Asia
- At the Battle of Kalavrye, the Byzantine imperial forces of general Alexios I Komnenos are victorious over the rebellious governor of Dyrrhachium, Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder.
- Philaretos Brachamios abandons his claim to the Byzantine empire on being appointed duke of Antioch, a foundation of the later Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
- 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
- The Almoravid emir, Yusuf ibn Tashfin besieges Ceuta. Since the city can receive help from the sea, the siege will last until 1083.
Births
- King Alexander I of Scotland (d. 1124)
Deaths
- November 11 – Udo of Nellenburg, Archbishop of Trier (during the siege of Tübingen)
- Rhys ab Owain, king of Deheubarth, Wales