1089

This article is about the year 1089. For the number, see 1089 (number).

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century 11th century 12th century
Decades:	1060s 1070s 1080s 1090s 1100s
Years:	1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092

1089 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1089 MLXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1842
Armenian calendar	538 ԹՎ ՇԼԸ
Assyrian calendar	5839
Balinese saka calendar	1010–1011
Bengali calendar	496
Berber calendar	2039
English Regnal year	2 Will. 2 – 3 Will. 2
Buddhist calendar	1633
Burmese calendar	451
Byzantine calendar	6597–6598
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3786 or 3579     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3787 or 3580
Coptic calendar	805–806
Discordian calendar	2255
Ethiopian calendar	1081–1082
Hebrew calendar	4849–4850
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1145–1146
- Shaka Samvat	1010–1011
- Kali Yuga	4189–4190
Holocene calendar	11089
Igbo calendar	89–90
Iranian calendar	467–468
Islamic calendar	481–482
Japanese calendar	Kanji 3 (寛治３年)
Javanese calendar	993–994
Julian calendar	1089 MLXXXIX
Korean calendar	3422
Minguo calendar	823 before ROC 民前823年
Nanakshahi calendar	−379
Seleucid era	1400/1401 AG
Thai solar calendar	1631–1632
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1215 or 834 or 62     — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1216 or 835 or 63

King Zvonimir and Queen Helena

Year 1089 (MLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• King Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia dies after a 12-year reign, and is succeeded by Stephen II. Zvonimir's widow, Queen Helena, plots the inheritance of the Croatian crown for her brother, King Ladislaus I of Hungary.
• June 24 – Viscount Gaston IV of Béarn (supported by French crusaders) reconquers the Aragonese city of Monzón, from Emir Al-Mustain II of the Taifa of Zaragoza.
• August 18 – Emperor Henry IV marries Eupraxia (daughter of Grand Prince Vsevolod I) at Cologne. She is crowned and assumes the name Adelaide (or Adelheid).
• King George II abdicates the throne in favour of his 16-year-old son David IV (the Builder) who becomes ruler of Georgia (until 1125).

England

• Northumbria is divided by King William II into the counties of Northumberland, County Palatine of Durham, Yorkshire, Westmorland and Lancashire.
• August 11 – A powerful earthquake is recorded in England.

By topic

Religion

• March 21 – Cîteaux Abbey, the first Cistercian monastery, is established by a group of French monks under Robert of Molesme in southern France.
• September – The Synod of Melfi, led by Pope Urban II (his first papal council), issues decrees against simony and clerical marriage.
• September – A church council, held in Constantinople, discuses relations between Eastern and Western Christianity.

Births

• Abraham ibn Ezra, Jewish rabbi and philosopher (d. 1167)
• Berthold of Zwiefalten, German abbot and writer (d. 1169)
• Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1163)
• Han Shizhong, Chinese general (Song Dynasty) (d. 1151)
• Mahsati, Persian female poet and writer (approximate date)
• Richard de Luci, Norman High Sheriff of Essex (d. 1179)
• Sigurd I (the Crusader), king of Norway (d. 1130)
• Wulgrin II, count of Angoulême (approximate date)

Deaths

• May 24 – Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury
• May 29/30 – Mah-i Mulk Khatun wife of caliph al-Muqtadi (r. 1075–1094).
• May 31 – Sigwin of Are, archbishop of Cologne
• October 6 – Adalbero, bishop of Würzburg
• November 11 – Peter Igneus, Italian cardinal-bishop
• December 22 – William the Walloon, French abbot
• Agnes of Aquitaine, Italian countess of Savoy
• Demetrius Zvonimir, king of Croatia and Dalmatia
• Donnchad mac Domnaill Remair, king of Dublin
• Durandus of Troarn, French monk and theologian
• Isaac ibn Ghiyyat, Jewish rabbi and philosopher
• Mieszko Bolesławowic, Polish prince of Kraków
• Renauld II, French count of Nevers and Auxerre
• Theobold III (or Thibaut), French nobleman