1081
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| Centuries: | 10th century - 11th century - 12th century |
| Decades: | 1050s 1060s 1070s - 1080s - 1090s 1100s 1110s |
| Years: | 1078 1079 1080 - 1081 - 1082 1083 1084 |
| 1081 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1081 MLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1834 |
| Armenian calendar | 530 ԹՎ ՇԼ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -763 – -762 |
| Berber calendar | 2031 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1625 |
| Burmese calendar | 443 |
| Chinese calendar | 3717/3777-11-19 (庚申年十一月十九日) — to —
3718/3778-11-29(辛酉年十一月廿九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 797 – 798 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1073 – 1074 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4841 – 4842 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1136 – 1137 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1003 – 1004 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4182 – 4183 |
| Holocene calendar | 11081 |
| Iranian calendar | 459 – 460 |
| Islamic calendar | 473 – 474 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3414 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1624 |
[edit] Events
- Corfu is taken from the Byzantine Empire by Robert Guiscard, Norman King of Southern Italy.
- Byzantine emperor Nicephorus III is overthrown by Alexius I Comnenus, ending the Middle Byzantine period and beginning the Comnenan dynasty.
- Alexius I helps defend Albania from the Normans (the first recorded mention of Albania), but is defeated at the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
- Construction begins on Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense.
- May 8 — Alfonso VI of Castile marries Constance of Burgundy.
- Battle of Durazzo: Emperor Alexius I attempts to relieve the coastal city of Dyrrachium (Durazzo).
[edit] Births
- December 1 — King Louis VI of France (d. 1137)
- probable
- Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (d. 1151)
