1108
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| 1108 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1108 MCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1861 |
| Armenian calendar | 557 ԹՎ ՇԾԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5858 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1029–1030 |
| Bengali calendar | 515 |
| Berber calendar | 2058 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Hen. 1 – 9 Hen. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1652 |
| Burmese calendar | 470 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6616–6617 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3805 or 3598 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3806 or 3599 |
| Coptic calendar | 824–825 |
| Discordian calendar | 2274 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1100–1101 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4868–4869 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1164–1165 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1029–1030 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4208–4209 |
| Holocene calendar | 11108 |
| Igbo calendar | 108–109 |
| Iranian calendar | 486–487 |
| Islamic calendar | 501–502 |
| Japanese calendar | Kajō 3 / Tennin 1 (天仁元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1013–1014 |
| Julian calendar | 1108 MCVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3441 |
| Minguo calendar | 804 before ROC 民前804年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −360 |
| Seleucid era | 1419/1420 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1650–1651 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1234 or 853 or 81 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1235 or 854 or 82 |
Year 1108 (MCVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Asia
- The Taira and Minamoto clans join forces to rule Japan, after defeating the warrior monks of the Enryaku-ji temple near Kyoto.
Europe
- Spring – The Norwegian king Sigurd the Crusader sails from England, on the Norwegian Crusade to Palestine. He repels a Muslim fleet near the Tagus River, then attacks Sintra, Lisbon and Alcácer do Sal, and finally defeats a second Muslim fleet further south.[1]
- May 29 – Battle of Uclés: The Almoravids decisively defeat the forces of the kingdoms of Castile and León, and roll back the advances of the Reconquista; several towns recently captured by Christians are lost to the conquering Berbers, such as Tarragona.[2]
- July 29 – Louis VI of France starts to rule on the death of his father; on August 3 he is crowned in Orléans Cathedral.
- September – Following the failure of the Siege of Dyrrhachium, Bohemond I of Antioch becomes a vassal of the Byzantine Empire with the Treaty of Devol.
- Autumn – The Principality of Nitra ceases to exist, after Coloman, King of Hungary, deposes its last ruler, Álmos, Duke of Croatia.
- Pistoia Cathedral in Italy suffers a severe fire.
- The consuls of Bergamo are first mentioned, indicating that the city has become an independent republic.[3]
By topic
Religion
- Chichester Cathedral is consecrated in England.
Births
- Bohemund II of Antioch (d. 1130)
- Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (d. 1171)
- Leopold IV, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1141)
Deaths
- July 29 – King Philip I of France (b. 1052)
- Saint Alberic, French monk
- Empress Wang (Huizong) of China (b. 1084)
References
- ^ Picard, Christophe (1997). La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 2130488102.
- ^ McGrank, Lawrence (1981). "Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and the principality of Tarragona 1129-55". Journal of Medieval History. 7 (1): 67–82. doi:10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1.
- ^ Kleinhenz, Christopher (2004). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia, Volume 1. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-93930-5.