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The Byzantine emperor Nicephorus III abdicates under pressure from his general Alexius Comnenus, now 33, who seizes power with support from his brother Isaac, his mother, Anna Dalessena, and the Ducas family of his wife, Irene (see 1079). He is crowned April 4, signs a commercial treaty with Venice, and will reign until his death in 1118 as Alexius I Comnenus, restoring at least some of the strength that has been lost in the past 50 years as a result of losses to the Normans and Turks. The Norman Robert Guiscard invades the Balkans with his tall and handsome son Marc, who is nicknamed Bohemond after a legendary giant. They land in Epirus and lay siege to the Byzantine city of Durazzo (see 1082).
The German king Heinrich IV invades Italy and places Matilda of Canossa (la gran contessa of Tuscany) under the imperial ban for supporting Pope Gregory VII. Heinrich accepts the Lombard crown at Pavia and forces a council to recognize the archbishop of Ravenna as Pope Clement III.
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This article is about the year 1081.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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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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| State leaders | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1081 MLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1834 |
| Armenian calendar | 530 ԹՎ ՇԼ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5831 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -763–-762 |
| Bengali calendar | 488 |
| Berber calendar | 2031 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Will. 1 – 16 Will. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1625 |
| Burmese calendar | 443 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6589–6590 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年十一月十九日 (3717/3777-11-19) — to —
辛酉年十一月廿九日(3718/3778-11-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 797–798 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1073–1074 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4841–4842 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1137–1138 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1003–1004 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4182–4183 |
| Holocene calendar | 11081 |
| Iranian calendar | 459–460 |
| Islamic calendar | 473–474 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3414 |
| Minguo calendar | 831 before ROC 民前831年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1624 |
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Year 1081 (MLXXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- May 8 – Alfonso VI of Castile marries Constance of Burgundy.
- October 18 – Alexius I helps defend Albania from the Normans (the first recorded mention of Albania), but is defeated at the Battle of Dyrrhachium (Durazzo). The Normans govern Albania from Italy until around 1100.
- 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.
- Turkish emir Tzachas conquers İzmir and founds a short lived principality and emerges as the first sea power in Turkish history.
- Construction begins on Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense.
Births
- December 1 – King Louis VI of France (d. 1137)
- Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (d. 1151) (probable date)
Deaths
- September 1 – Bishop Eusebius of Angers
- Bolesław II the Bold, King of Poland
- Nicephorus III, Byzantine Emperor
- Trahaearn ap Caradog, King of Gwynedd
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