1108

Year 11081(MCVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1108 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1108
MCVIII
Ab urbe condita1861
Armenian calendar557
ԹՎ ՇԾԷ
Assyrian calendar5858
Balinese saka calendar1029–1030
Bengali calendar515
Berber calendar2058
English Regnal year8 Hen. 1  9 Hen. 1
Buddhist calendar1652
Burmese calendar470
Byzantine calendar6616–6617
Chinese calendar丁亥年 (Fire Pig)
3804 or 3744
     to 
戊子年 (Earth Rat)
3805 or 3745
Coptic calendar824–825
Discordian calendar2274
Ethiopian calendar1100–1101
Hebrew calendar4868–4869
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1164–1165
 - Shaka Samvat1029–1030
 - Kali Yuga4208–4209
Holocene calendar11108
Igbo calendar108–109
Iranian calendar486–487
Islamic calendar501–502
Japanese calendarKajō 3 / Tennin 1
(天仁元年)
Javanese calendar1013–1014
Julian calendar1108
MCVIII
Korean calendar3441
Minguo calendar804 before ROC
民前804年
Nanakshahi calendar−360
Seleucid era1419/1420 AG
Thai solar calendar1650–1651
Tibetan calendar阴火猪年
(female Fire-Pig)
1234 or 853 or 81
     to 
阳土鼠年
(male Earth-Rat)
1235 or 854 or 82

Events

Europe

  • Spring King Sigurd I (the Crusader) sails from England, on the Norwegian Crusade to Palestine. He repels a Muslim fleet near the Tagus River, then attacks Sintra, Lisbon and Alcácer do Sal, and finally defeats a second Muslim fleet further south.[1]
  • May 29 Battle of Uclés: Almoravid forces defeat the armies of Castile and León. The advance of the Reconquista is halted, and the Berbers re-capture the towns of Uclés, Cuenca, Huete and Ocaña. The Christians, many of nobility, are beheaded.[2]
  • July 29 King Philip I (the Amorous) dies at Melun, after a 48-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Louis VI (the Fat), who, at the start of his rule, faces insurrections from feudal brigands and rebellious robber barons.
  • September Siege of Dyrrhachium: Italo-Norman forces under Bohemond I lift the siege due to illness and lack of supplies. Bohemond becomes a vassal of the Byzantine Empire by signing the Treaty of Devol.
  • Autumn The Principality of Nitra ceases to exist, after King Coloman (the Learned) of Hungary, deposes its last ruler, Álmos, duke of Croatia.
  • The consuls of Bergamo are first mentioned, indicating that the city has become an independent commune in Lombardy (Northern Italy).[3]

Levant

  • Summer Jawali Saqawa, Turkish ruler (atabeg) of Mosul, accepts a ransom of 30,000 dinar by Count Joscelin I and releases his cousin Baldwin II, count of Edessa, who is held as prisoner (see 1104).[4]
  • Baldwin I marches out against Sidon, with the support of a squadron of sailor-adventurers from various Italian cities. A Fatimid fleet from Egypt defeats the Italians in a sea-battle outside the harbour.[5]

Asia

  • The Taira and Minamoto clans join forces to rule Japan, after defeating the warrior monks of the Enryaku-ji temple near Kyoto. The Taira replace many Fujiwara nobles in important offices – while the Minamoto gain more military experience by bringing parts of Northern Honshu under Japanese control (approximate date).

Religion

  • Chichester Cathedral is consecrated under Ralph de Luffa, bishop of Chichester, in England.
  • Construction begins on the tower of Winchester Cathedral, building continues until 1120.
  • Pistoia Cathedral in Italy is damaged by a severe fire.
  • June 13 Restored Ferentino Cathedral in Italy is consecrated.

Births

  • Andronikos Komnenos, Byzantine prince (d. 1142)
  • Baldwin IV (the Builder), count of Hainaut (d. 1171)
  • Bohemond II, Italo-Norman prince of Antioch (d. 1130)
  • Derbforgaill (or Derval), Irish princess (d. 1193)
  • Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud, Seljuk sultan (d. 1152)
  • Henry X (the Proud), duke of Bavaria (d. 1139)
  • Leopold IV (the Generous), duke of Bavaria (d. 1141)

Deaths

  • January 4 Gertrude, Grand Princess of Kiev
  • March 18 Abe no Munetō, Japanese samurai (b. 1032)
  • May 21 Gerard, Norman archbishop of York
  • May 29
    • García Ordóñez, Castilian nobleman
    • Sancho Alfónsez, Castilian nobleman
  • July 5 Guy of Hauteville, Italo-Norman diplomat
  • July 29 Philip I (the Amorous), king of France
  • November 15 Enrico Contarini, bishop of Castello
  • García Álvarez, Castilian official and military leader
  • Gonzalo, bishop of Mondoñedo (approximate date)
  • Gregory III, count of Tusculum (approximate date)
  • Gundulf, bishop of Rochester (approximate date)
  • Guy II (the Red), French nobleman and crusader
  • Mafalda of Pulla-Calabria, Norman noblewoman (b. 1060)
  • Urse d'Abetot, Norman sheriff of Worcestershire
  • Veera Ballala I, Indian ruler of the Hoysala Empire
  • Wang, Chinese empress of the Song Dynasty (b. 1084)

References

  1. Picard, Christophe (1997). La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 2130488102.
  2. McGrank, Lawrence (1981). "Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and the principality of Tarragona 1129-55". Journal of Medieval History. 7 (1): 67–82. doi:10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1.
  3. Kleinhenz, Christopher (2004). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia, Volume 1. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-93930-5.
  4. Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 90. ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3.
  5. Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 74. ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3.
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