1080
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see 1080 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century - 11th century - 12th century |
| Decades: | 1050s 1060s 1070s - 1080s - 1090s 1100s 1110s |
| Years: | 1077 1078 1079 - 1080 - 1081 1082 1083 |
| 1080 by topic | |
| Lists of leaders | |
| State leaders | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1080 MLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1833 |
| Armenian calendar | 529 ԹՎ ՇԻԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -764 – -763 |
| Berber calendar | 2030 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1624 |
| Burmese calendar | 442 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6588 – 6589 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年十二月初七日 (3716/3776-12-7) — to —
庚申年十一月十八日(3717/3777-11-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 796 – 797 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1072 – 1073 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4840 – 4841 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1135 – 1136 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1002 – 1003 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4181 – 4182 |
| Holocene calendar | 11080 |
| Iranian calendar | 458 – 459 |
| Islamic calendar | 472 – 473 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3413 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1623 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- October 14, the battle of Elster[1] between the armies of the two rival brothers-in-law kings of the Germanies, Henry IV and Rudolf of Rheinfelden met at the Weisse-Elster River in the Great Saxon Revolt civil war of the Holy Roman Empire.
[edit] Uncertain dates
- William I of England, in a letter, reminds the Bishop of Rome that the King of England owes him no allegiance.
- King Alfonso VI of Castile establishes Latin liturgy in the Catholic Church in place of the Mozarabic Rite.
- Ísleifur Gissurarson, the first bishop in Iceland, dies while giving mass in Skálholt church.
- Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, builds Devizes Castle.
- The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia gains independence after its founder, Prince Ruben, succeeds in establishing his authority in the mountainous regions of Cilicia (approximate date).
- The Song Dynasty Chinese polymath scientist and statesman Shen Kuo begins his defensive military campaign against the Tanguts of the Western Xia Kingdom, successfully defending the invasion route to Yan'an.
- c. 1080-1100 - Christ Pantokrator, mosaic in the central dome, church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece, is made.
[edit] Births
- Leopold IV of Austria (d. 1141)
- Teresa of Leon, illegitimate daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon (d. 1130)
[edit] Deaths
- April 17 — King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
- May 15 — William Walcher, Bishop of Durham
- July 5 - Ísleifur Gissurarson, Icelandic clergyman (b. 1006)
- October 15 — duke Rudolf of Rheinfelden leader the Great Saxon Revolt dies from wounds gotten during the battle of Elster at nearby Merseburg during civil war of the Holy Roman Empire[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b John France. "Victory in the East (Book extract)". http://books.google.com/books?id=Exxeto51p3cC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=%22Battle+of+Elster%22&source=web&ots=84O0aieb-e&sig=ed2QOde7wJvDRZ8ykUDuwZdJ3_8&hl=en. "Godfrey was almost certainly present in support of Henry IV at the battle of Elster in 1080 (sic 1085... an error or typo), when the forces of the anti-king Rudolf triumphed on the field only to see their victory nullified because Rudolf was killed"
