1078

1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 1080

political events

England's William I is defeated in battle by France's Philippe I, who supports William's son Robert Curthose against Anglo-Norman pressure.

The Byzantine emperor Michael VII abdicates and is succeeded by a soldier chosen by the Asiatic troops. The new emperor will reign until 1081 as Nicephorus III Botaniates, and while some of the army mutinies, a young general named Alexius Comnenus puts down the insurrections (see 1081).

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Construction

About this time construction is begun under William the Conqueror of the Tower of London's White Tower; various other parts and walls are added at later dates. See also 1075 Construction.

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1040s  1050s  1060s  – 1070s –  1080s  1090s  1100s
Years:	1075 1076 1077 – 1078 – 1079 1080 1081

1078 by topic

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Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments v • d • e

1078 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1078 MLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1831
Armenian calendar	527 ԹՎ ՇԻԷ
Bahá'í calendar	-766 – -765
Berber calendar	2028
Buddhist calendar	1622
Burmese calendar	440
Byzantine calendar	6586 – 6587
Chinese calendar	丁巳年十二月十五日 (3714/3774-12-15) — to — 戊午年十一月廿五日 (3715/3775-11-25)
Coptic calendar	794 – 795
Ethiopian calendar	1070 – 1071
Hebrew calendar	4838 – 4839
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1133 – 1134
- Shaka Samvat	1000 – 1001
- Kali Yuga	4179 – 4180
Holocene calendar	11078
Iranian calendar	456 – 457
Islamic calendar	470 – 471
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3411
Thai solar calendar	1621
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Events

• The Romanesque church is begun at Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
• Anselm of Canterbury becomes abbot of the Abbey of Bec.
• The Battle of Kalaura is fought.
• The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia is founded (approximate date).
• By this year, the iron industry in Song Dynasty China is producing a total weight of 127,000,000 kg (125,000 t) of iron product per year.

Births

• King Alexander I of Scotland (d. 1124)

Deaths

• 11 November—Udo of Nellenburg, Archbishop of Trier (during the siege of Tübingen)
• Rhys ab Owain, king of Deheubarth, Wales

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