1083
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Otto II of Nordheim, duke of Bavaria, dies January 11 of a wound received in a battle on the Elster River in October 1080. His death ends the military support for the anti-king Hermann of Salm, who was elected in 1080 to oppose Heinrich IV.
A synod meets at Rome to resolve the quarrel between Pope Gregory VII and the German king Heinrich IV, but the synod has secretly bound itself either to crown Henry emperor or select a new pope (see 1084).
The Byzantine forces of Alexius I Comnenus drive the Norman Bohemond out of Larissa in Thessaly (see 1082; 1085).
William the Conqueror's wife, Matilda, dies November 2 at age 49 and is buried at the nunnery she has founded at Caen.
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This article is about the year 1083.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1050s 1060s 1070s – 1080s – 1090s 1100s 1110s |
| Years: | 1080 1081 1082 – 1083 – 1084 1085 1086 |
| 1083 by topic | |
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| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1083 MLXXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1836 |
| Armenian calendar | 532 ԹՎ ՇԼԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5833 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -761–-760 |
| Bengali calendar | 490 |
| Berber calendar | 2033 |
| English Regnal year | 17 Will. 1 – 18 Will. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1627 |
| Burmese calendar | 445 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6591–6592 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬戌年十二月十一日 (3719/3779-12-11) — to —
癸亥年十一月二十日(3720/3780-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 799–800 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1075–1076 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4843–4844 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1139–1140 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1005–1006 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4184–4185 |
| Holocene calendar | 11083 |
| Iranian calendar | 461–462 |
| Islamic calendar | 475–476 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3416 |
| Minguo calendar | 829 before ROC 民前829年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1626 |
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Year 1083 (MLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Sancho I of Aragon conquers Graus.
- Alfonso VI of Castile conquers Talavera de la Reina.
- Bosnia is conquered by Duklja.
- June – Pope Gregory VII is besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo by Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
Africa
- Fall of Ceuta to the Almoravids after five years of siege.[1]
Births
- December 1 – Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)
Deaths
- Matilda of Flanders, wife of King William I of England
- Zeng Gong, Chinese historian and scholar (b. 1019)
References
- ^ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
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