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Calendar overview 1081
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| 1081 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 529/530 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1073/74 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1624/25 (southern Buddhism); 1623/24 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 62nd (63rd) cycle
Year of the metal rooster辛酉 ( at the beginning of the year metal monkey 庚申) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 443/444 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 459/460 (around March 21) |
| Islamic calendar | 473/474 (June 10/11) |
| Jewish calendar | 4841/42 (September 5-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 797/798 |
| Malayalam calendar | 256/257 |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1391/92 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1392/93 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 1119 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1137/38 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Byzantine Empire / Normans
- April 4 : Alexios I. Komnenus is crowned Emperor of the Byzantine Empire after Nikephorus III. has dethroned. He withdrew to the Peribleptos monastery in Constantinople.
- Normans from southern Italy under Robert Guiskard conquer the island of Corfu from the Byzantines.
- Alexios I Komnenos was in command of the defense of Albania against the Normans under Robert Guiskard (Albania was first mentioned in a document), but was defeated on October 18 at the Battle of Durazzo .
Other events in Europe
- August 6th : Hermann von Salm is elected to be the rival king to Heinrich IV .
- December 26th : The Archbishop of Mainz Siegfried I crowns Hermann von Salm in Goslar as King of the Holy Roman Empire .
First documentary mentions
- Egolzwil is first mentioned in a document.
Asia
- Seljuk Turks under Suleiman ibn Kutalmiş found the Sultanate of Rum with Nicaea as the capital.
society
- Emperor Alexios I created the imperial court title Sebastokrator in order to raise his older brother Isaak above his brother-in-law and former rival to the throne Nikephoros Melissenus, to whom he had promised the second highest title of emperor .
religion
- May 8th : Patriarch Kosmas I of Constantinople resigns, Eustratios Garidas is his successor .
- New construction of the Mainz Cathedral
- Fire in Bamberg Cathedral
- Start of construction on St. Knut's Cathedral ("Sankt Knuds Kirke") in Odense
Born
- Louis VI. , King of France († 1137 )
- Suger von Saint-Denis , French prince and statesman († 1151 )
Died
Date of death secured
- March 22nd : Boleslaw II , King of Poland (* 1042 )
- October 18 : Konstantios Dukas , Byzantine co-emperor (* 1060 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Caradog ap Gruffydd , Welsh Prince
- Jōjin , Japanese Buddhist monk scholar (* 1011 )
- Nikephorus III. , Byzantine emperor (* around 1010 )
- Trahern ap Caradog , Welsh King
Died around 1081
- Marianus Scottus , Irish monk and scribe
Web links
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